Christer Groeben
TU Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Philipps University of Marburg
Papers
13
Total Citations
263
H-Index
8
About
Christer Groeben is a urological surgeon and health services researcher whose work centers on surgical outcomes, procedural trends, and patient-reported experiences in urological oncology and reconstructive urology. Operating primarily within the German healthcare landscape while engaging in transatlantic comparative research, Groeben has made substantial contributions to understanding how hospital volume, surgical approach, and evolving technology shape patient outcomes. His most influential work, cited 49 times, demonstrated that high surgical volume is a critical determinant of improved in-hospital outcomes following radical prostatectomy in Germany — a finding with direct implications for healthcare policy and hospital credentialing. Complementing this, his population-level analyses charted the dramatic rise of robotic-assisted surgery across Germany between 2006 and 2013, showing robots fundamentally reshaped the prostatectomy market. Notably, his six-year follow-up studies revealed that while robotic and open approaches differ in functional recovery profiles, decision regret among patients remains comparable regardless of surgical method — a reassuring finding for clinical counseling. Groeben has extended his comparative lens to bladder cancer and renal surgery, benchmarking German and American outcomes. With over 250 cumulative citations, his portfolio uniquely bridges rigorous epidemiological methodology with clinically meaningful, patient-centered questions, making him a valuable voice in evidence-based urological practice.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10