Franco Mosca

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Franco Mosca is a pioneering surgical researcher whose work has fundamentally shaped the field of robotic and minimally invasive surgery. His research spans robotic-assisted procedures, laparoscopic techniques, and surgical simulation, with particular focus on complex abdominal operations including pancreatic surgery, transplantation, and colorectal cancer resection. Mosca's most influential contributions include a landmark technical review of the da Vinci surgical telemanipulator (316 citations), which provided the first rigorous systematic analysis of this transformative platform, and a highly cited systematic review of virtual reality simulators for robot-assisted surgery (297 citations), helping establish evidence-based training standards for the next generation of surgeons. His work on robotic and laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy — among the most technically demanding operations in surgery — demonstrated the feasibility and safety of applying minimally invasive approaches to procedures previously considered unsuitable for them. Perhaps most remarkably, Mosca led the first European robotic renal transplantation (124 citations) and pioneered laparoscopic robot-assisted pancreas transplantation (92 citations), pushing the boundaries of what robotics can achieve in transplant surgery. With over 1,500 cumulative citations across his top publications, his body of work represents a cornerstone reference for surgeons adopting and refining robotic surgical technologies worldwide.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Technical review of the da Vinci surgical telemanipulator

   316 citations · 2012
2. 2
   A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Simulators for Robot-assisted Surgery

   297 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Feasibility of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy

   196 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: a systematic literature review

   195 citations · 2014
5. 5
   Robotic renal transplantation: first European case

   124 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Laparoscopic Robot-Assisted Pancreas Transplantation

   92 citations · 2011
7. 7
   Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic rectal resection for cancer in a single surgeon’s experience: a cost analysis covering the initial 50 robotic cases with the da Vinci Si

   75 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Use of the new da Vinci Xi® during robotic rectal resection for cancer: a pilot matched-case comparison with the da Vinci Si®

   66 citations · 2016
9. 9
   Robotic assisted versus pure laparoscopic surgery of the adrenal glands: a case-control study comparing surgical techniques

   65 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Robot-assisted total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: case-matched comparison of short-term surgical and functional outcomes between the da Vinci Xi and Si

    64 citations · 2017

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