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Flavia Caputo is a leading figure in transplant surgery, with her research centered on optimizing living donor nephrectomy and advancing minimally invasive surgical techniques. Her major contributions lie in elucidating the complex interplay between transplant centre volume, surgical approach, and donor anatomy in graft selection. Through her landmark ten-year multicentric study on mini-invasive living donor nephrectomy—which analyzed data from 21 Italian transplant centres—Caputo demonstrated how institutional experience and technical preferences directly influence the critical decision of right versus left kidney procurement. This work, cited 14 times, provides an evidence-based framework for standardizing donor selection protocols, ultimately improving both donor safety and recipient outcomes. Beyond this pivotal study, Caputo’s broader research portfolio continues to shape best practices in transplant surgery, emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration and data-driven surgical decision-making. Her findings serve as an essential resource for transplant teams seeking to balance anatomical considerations with centre-specific expertise, making her a respected authority in the field of living donor kidney transplantation.
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