Frankie Mbadinga
Université de Rouen Normandie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen
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About
Frankie Mbadinga is a thoracic surgeon and clinical researcher whose work centers on minimally invasive surgical approaches to lung cancer, with particular expertise in comparing robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Mbadinga's research has made meaningful contributions to understanding how surgical technique influences patient outcomes, including disease-free survival, short-term recovery, and perioperative complications. Their most-cited work, a 2022 study on long-term survival following minimally invasive lung cancer surgery (31 citations), rigorously evaluated whether robotic approaches offer survival advantages over VATS—a question of growing clinical relevance. A 2021 propensity-adjusted analysis (26 citations) extended this inquiry to obese patients, a population often underrepresented in surgical outcome studies. More recently, Mbadinga has contributed to large-scale multicenter analyses using the French EPITHOR database, lending their findings national and comparative weight. A landmark 2024 single-center study documenting lessons from 1,000 robotic procedures reflects a career committed to translating high-volume surgical experience into evidence-based practice. Collectively, Mbadinga's growing body of work positions them as an emerging voice in the evolution of precision thoracic oncology surgery.
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