Papers
102
Total Citations
2,165
H-Index
29
About
Alberto Breda is a leading urological surgeon and researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of robotic and minimally invasive urologic surgery. Based at a prominent European center, Breda has built an internationally recognized body of research focused on robot-assisted kidney transplantation, robotic partial nephrectomy, and the clinical evaluation of emerging surgical technologies. His most celebrated contribution is pioneering robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) in Europe, with his landmark 2017 paper accumulating 138 citations and subsequent multi-center studies establishing safety benchmarks, learning curves, and long-term functional outcomes across ten European institutions. This work, conducted through the European Robotic Urology Section (ERUS), has helped standardize RAKT as a viable clinical procedure for carefully selected patients. Breda has also made significant contributions to optimizing robotic partial nephrectomy through systematic reviews on resection techniques and three-dimensional model-assisted approaches, while his expert consensus on indocyanine green fluorescence imaging has shaped best practices across robotic urology. Notably, he was among the first to report clinical experience with novel robotic platforms including the Hugo™ RAS system, helping evaluate alternatives to the long-dominant da Vinci platform. With over 770 citations across his top ten papers alone, Breda's influence on modern urological surgery is both broad and enduring.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation: The European Experience138 citations · 2017
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- 10Resection Techniques During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A Systematic Review56 citations · 2023