Fabio Vistoli

About

Fabio Vistoli is a pioneering surgical innovator whose work has fundamentally advanced minimally invasive approaches to complex abdominal procedures, with particular expertise in robotic and laparoscopic pancreatic and transplant surgery. His research has helped establish the feasibility and safety of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy — one of the most technically demanding operations in abdominal surgery — accumulating nearly 200 citations and reshaping how surgeons approach this procedure. His systematic literature review on laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (195 citations) remains a foundational reference in the field. Vistoli's landmark 2010 paper documenting Europe's first robotic renal transplantation (124 citations) demonstrated that robotic assistance could be applied even to organ transplantation, opening entirely new frontiers. His rigorous analysis of the learning curve in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy provided crucial guidance for surgeons adopting these techniques. Beyond surgery, Vistoli has expanded into biomedical engineering, contributing to the development of a fully implantable intraperitoneal insulin delivery device — reflecting his broader ambition to integrate technology with medicine. Across more than a decade of high-impact publications, his work has collectively garnered over 1,000 citations, cementing his reputation as a transformative figure in robotic surgery and surgical innovation.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Feasibility of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy

   196 citations · 2013
2. 2
   Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: a systematic literature review

   195 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Robotic renal transplantation: first European case

   124 citations · 2010
4. 4
   The Learning Curve in Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy

   122 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Laparoscopic Robot-Assisted Pancreas Transplantation

   92 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Robotic‐Assisted Pancreatic Resections

   87 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Robotic pancreatoduodenectomy with vascular resection

   74 citations · 2016
8. 8
   A fully implantable device for intraperitoneal drug delivery refilled by ingestible capsules

   64 citations · 2021
9. 9
   Laparoscopic robot-assisted versus open total pancreatectomy: a case-matched study

   60 citations · 2014
10. 10
    Short-term and long-term outcomes after robot-assisted versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs): a multicenter comparative study

    50 citations · 2019

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