Papers
12
Total Citations
152
H-Index
8
About
Samson Tou is a leading colorectal surgeon whose work has fundamentally shaped how robotic surgery is taught and practiced across Europe. His primary research focuses on standardizing training in robotic colorectal surgery, with a major emphasis on developing objective performance metrics and structured educational pathways. Tou’s most significant contribution is his leadership in creating the first European expert consensus on training for robotic-assisted low anterior resection (RA-LAR), a paper with 27 citations that established a reference approach using performance metrics. He also spearheaded the European Society of Coloproctology’s guideline on robotic training (20 citations), which has become a benchmark for the field. His research demonstrates that structured training can achieve safe outcomes even without extensive prior laparoscopic experience, a finding with 16 citations. Tou’s work on the “Train the Trainers” course and the ESCP’s structured training pathway has directly impacted surgical education across five UK centres, with his studies collectively cited over 140 times. His notable achievements include developing proficiency-based progression assessments and global rating scales for intraoperative performance, making him a pivotal figure in advancing safe, standardized robotic colorectal surgery.
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- 3Structured training in robotic colorectal surgery19 citations · 2015
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- 8Robotic-assisted strictureplasty for Crohn’s disease10 citations · 2015
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