Apostolos P. Labanaris

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Apostolos P. Labanaris is a urological surgeon and researcher whose work has significantly advanced the field of robotic-assisted urological surgery, with a particular focus on robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. Drawing from large patient cohorts of up to 3,500 cases, his research has systematically evaluated surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes across challenging and underrepresented patient populations — including men aged 75 and older (47 citations), younger patients aged 50 and under, those with prior transurethral resection of the prostate (43 citations), and individuals with high-risk features such as PSA levels exceeding 20 ng/mL or prostate specimens weighing over 100 grams. Notably, his 2013 investigation into salvage RARP for radiation-resistant prostate cancer (26 citations) addressed one of the most technically demanding scenarios in urological oncology. More recently, Labanaris has expanded his scope to include robotic ureteral reimplantation and comparative approaches to simple prostatectomy for benign prostatic obstruction. With a cumulative citation record reflecting broad international influence, his contributions have helped define best practices in minimally invasive urology and guided clinicians in extending robotic surgery to complex, high-risk patient groups.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy in men ≥75 years of age. Surgical, oncological and functional outcomes.

   47 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Surgical, Oncologic, and Short-Term Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy After Previous Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

   43 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with a Pathologic Prostate Specimen Weight ≥100 Grams versus ≤50 Grams: Surgical, Oncologic and Short-Term Functional Outcomes

   34 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for the Treatment of Radiation-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Surgical, Oncological and Short-Term Functional Outcomes

   26 citations · 2013
5. 5
   Robotic-assisted vs. open ureteral reimplantation: a multicentre comparison

   10 citations · 2024
6. 6
   Surgical and oncological outcomes in patients with preoperative PSA >20 ng/ml undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

   10 citations · 2012
7. 7
   Peritoneal dissemination of prostate cancer with the absence of lymph node, skeletal, or visceral metastases in a patient scheduled to undergo robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

   9 citations · 2012
8. 8
   Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy in men ≤50 years of age. Surgical, oncological and functional outcomes.

   7 citations · 2012
9. 9
   Roboterassistierte radikale Prostatektomie beim älteren Patienten

   6 citations · 2012
10. 10
    Multicentric comparative analysis of Retzius versus Retzius sparing robotic assisted simple prostatectomy in the management of large prostate glands

    4 citations · 2022

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