Darko Chudy
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128
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About
Darko Chudy is a neurosurgeon and researcher whose work sits at the cutting edge of robotic neurosurgery and stereotactic navigation. Based at Dubrava University Hospital in Zagreb, Croatia, Chudy has been a central clinical figure in the development and validation of the RONNA (RObotic NeuroNAvigation) system, a series of novel robotic platforms designed to bring frameless, highly precise guidance to stereotactic neurosurgical procedures. His most cited work includes a landmark 2017 case study introducing the RONNA G3 system for robot-assisted brain biopsy (25 citations), alongside foundational studies on visual and haptic interaction in robotic neurosurgery (24 citations). His prospective 2021 study validating RONNA G4 across 32 patients (21 citations) helped establish real-world clinical credibility for the platform. Chudy's contributions span systematic reviews of neuronavigation phantoms, spinal robotics literature, and first-in-kind procedures such as combined robot-assisted brain biopsy with external ventricular drainage placement. Collectively accumulating over 125 citations, his body of work represents a sustained, clinically grounded effort to translate robotic engineering advances into safer, more precise outcomes for neurosurgical patients.
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- 5A Novel Robotic Neuronavigation System: RONNA G315 citations · 2017
- 6Stereotactic Neuro-Navigation Phantom Designs: A Systematic Review12 citations · 2020
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