Papers
26
Total Citations
591
H-Index
15
About
George Garas is a pioneering surgeon-researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, head and neck surgery, and surgical innovation. Based at a tertiary referral centre, Garas has made landmark contributions to the clinical adoption and evaluation of robotic-assisted techniques, particularly in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, transoral robotic surgery (TORS), and cardiac applications. His 2011 feasibility study on robotic-assisted parathyroidectomy (61 citations) opened a new frontier in scarless neck surgery, while his long-term prospective comparison of robotic versus minimally invasive open parathyroidectomy (47 citations) provided the rigorous clinical evidence needed to validate the approach. Garas has been instrumental in contextualising robotic thyroidectomy for Western populations, critically examining anatomical and cultural factors that influence outcomes — work reflected in his widely cited case-control study (55 citations) and review of future perspectives (51 citations). His biometric patient selection research (40 citations) improved safety in TORS for oropharyngeal cancer and sleep apnoea. Notably, Garas also brought quantitative rigour to surgical innovation itself, applying network analysis to measure the diffusion of robotic techniques (37 citations), demonstrating a rare breadth that bridges clinical practice and research methodology.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotic‐Assisted Parathyroidectomy61 citations · 2011
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- 3Robotic Thyroid Surgery: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations51 citations · 2018
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- 6Robotic Head and Neck Surgery: History, Technical Evolution and the Future46 citations · 2018
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- 9Robotics in cardiac surgery32 citations · 2018
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