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Total Citations
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About
Antonio Alcaraz is a pioneering urological surgeon whose work has fundamentally shaped the adoption of robotic surgery in transplantation and minimally invasive urology across Europe. His most influential contributions center on robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT), a technically demanding innovation that he has championed through large-scale multicenter European collaborations. His landmark 2017 paper documenting the European experience with RAKT has accumulated 138 citations, while subsequent studies tracking learning curves, long-term follow-up, and outcomes in complex patient populations — including obese recipients and those with multi-vessel grafts — have collectively established the evidence base for this emerging surgical paradigm. Alcaraz has played a central role within the European Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) working groups, helping standardize protocols across ten or more institutions. His research extends beyond transplantation into oncological urology, including robotic radical prostatectomy outcomes and minimally invasive nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract tumors. Notably, he contributed to the first viable uterine transplantation in Southern Europe in 2020. With hundreds of citations across a decade of high-impact publications, Alcaraz represents a defining voice in European robotic surgery, bridging technical innovation with rigorous clinical outcomes research.
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- 1Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation: The European Experience138 citations · 2017
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- 7Uterine transplantation. First viable case in Southern Europe27 citations · 2020
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- 9Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation: The 8-year European Experience25 citations · 2025
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