E. Benedetti
Papers
16
Total Citations
851
H-Index
12
About
E. Benedetti is a pioneering transplant and robotic surgeon whose career has fundamentally reshaped how kidney, pancreas, and liver surgeries are performed, particularly for high-risk patient populations. Best known for advancing robotic-assisted transplantation, Benedetti published a landmark 2010 case study on robotic transabdominal kidney transplantation in a morbidly obese patient — now cited 191 times — that helped open the door to transplantation for patients previously deemed too high-risk for conventional surgery. Over a decade of sustained research, Benedetti's team demonstrated that robotic techniques could safely serve recipients with a BMI of 40 kg/m² or greater, a contribution documented across multiple high-impact studies accumulating nearly 300 combined citations. Beyond transplantation access, Benedetti tackled head-on the financial skepticism surrounding robotic surgery, producing a rigorous cost-comparative analysis of robotic versus open liver surgery that has been cited 120 times. Additional contributions to living donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic donor pancreatectomy, and surgical learning curves reflect a career-long commitment to minimizing invasiveness without compromising outcomes. Benedetti's body of work has directly influenced transplant eligibility criteria and robotic surgical adoption worldwide.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotic Transabdominal Kidney Transplantation in a Morbidly Obese Patient191 citations · 2010
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- 6Obesity Management and Chronic Kidney Disease53 citations · 2021
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- 10Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies34 citations · 2020