Charles de Mestral
St. Michael's Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Public Health Ontario
Papers
6
Total Citations
313
H-Index
5
About
Charles de Mestral is a surgical researcher whose work has become central to understanding the real-world safety, outcomes, and adoption patterns of robotic surgery. His research sits at the intersection of surgical innovation, health services research, and patient safety, with a particular focus on evaluating whether the rapid expansion of robotic surgery is truly justified by clinical evidence. His most influential contribution, a 2020 systematic review comparing robotic surgery to laparoscopic and open approaches, has accumulated 249 citations and serves as a foundational reference for clinicians and policymakers navigating this evolving landscape. Building on this work, de Mestral has conducted a series of rigorous population-based analyses examining adverse events, hospital learning curves, and volume-outcome relationships in robotic procedures — providing the kind of large-scale, real-world evidence that early robotic adoption largely lacked. Notably, de Mestral has also explored the human dimension of surgical technology, investigating public perception and fear surrounding robotic surgery, acknowledging that patient attitudes shape adoption as much as clinical data does. Collectively, his body of work has earned over 300 citations and offers an essential, evidence-grounded perspective on one of modern surgery's most debated technological shifts.
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Top Papers
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- 2Fear of innovation: public’s perception of robotic surgery22 citations · 2022
- 3The evolving use of robotic surgery: a population-based analysis18 citations · 2022
- 4Adverse events following robotic surgery: population-based analysis13 citations · 2022
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