Fairleigh Reeves
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, University of Melbourne, Austin Health
Papers
7
Total Citations
61
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About
Fairleigh Reeves is a pioneering urological surgeon and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of surgical innovation, robotics, and evidence-based practice. Her primary research areas include the development and evaluation of robotic-assisted surgical techniques, particularly for prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Reeves is best known for her contributions to the IDEAL framework for surgical innovation, notably co-authoring a landmark Stage 1/2a evaluation of the Versius robotic system for urological procedures, which has garnered 24 citations and set a benchmark for structured technology assessment. She has also advanced the understanding of intraoperative neurovascular bundle stimulation during radical prostatectomy, with her 2015 study on rhabdosphincter contraction cited 10 times for its clinical relevance. Reeves’ work on the Agarwal sliding-clip renorrhaphy technique for partial nephrectomy demonstrates her commitment to tracing surgical innovations from inception to long-term outcomes in an Australian cohort. More recently, she has explored augmented reality in prostatectomy and defined selection parameters for robotic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Her research is characterized by a rigorous focus on learning curves, safety, and the practical integration of emerging technologies into routine surgical care.
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- 7Assessing the learning curve of single‐port robot‐assisted prostatectomy4 citations · 2021