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About
David Bruno is a pioneering transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon whose work centers on advancing robotic surgery for living donor transplantation and liver resection. His major contributions include demonstrating the feasibility and safety of robotic living donor right hepatectomy in a low-volume U.S. center, a procedure previously limited to high-volume Asian and Middle Eastern programs. His influential 2025 study on this topic has already garnered 9 citations. Bruno also systematically compared right versus left robotic donor nephrectomy (2023, 8 citations), providing critical evidence that donor kidney laterality does not compromise outcomes. He introduced the innovative “Burn and Push” technique for robotic liver parenchymal transection (2024), addressing a key technical challenge in the field. His work spans over a decade of experience comparing open and minimally invasive hepatectomies for hepatocellular carcinoma, and includes rare case reports on robotic management of cholecystoduodenal fistula and biliary IPMN. Through these studies, Bruno is helping to expand the frontiers of robotic transplant and liver surgery, making complex procedures safer and more accessible.
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- 4Initial Experience With Robotic Liver Resection in the United States3 citations · 2024
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