Isabella Frigerio
Papers
14
Total Citations
871
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About
Isabella Frigerio is a pioneering surgeon and researcher at the forefront of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery and artificial intelligence in the operating room. Her work centers on two transformative areas: advancing surgical techniques for pancreatic cancer and developing autonomous surgical systems. Frigerio led the landmark DIPLOMA study (280 citations), which rigorously compared minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma, establishing critical oncological benchmarks. She has been instrumental in creating the first European Guidelines on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (EGUMIPS, 117 citations), providing evidence-based standards for laparoscopic and robotic approaches. Her visionary contributions to artificial intelligence surgery include co-authoring foundational papers on achieving autonomous actions in surgery (152 citations) and leading the AiRGOS project, which integrates surgomics with radiomics and genomics. Frigerio also chaired the task force that produced the white paper on ethics and trustworthiness of AI in clinical surgery (27 citations), ensuring responsible innovation. With over 400 minimally invasive distal pancreatectomies performed across high-volume centers, her research has shaped modern pancreatic surgery, earning her international recognition as a leader in surgical innovation and patient-centered outcomes.
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- 2Artificial Intelligence Surgery: How Do We Get to Autonomous Actions in Surgery?152 citations · 2021
- 3Robotic <i>versus</i> laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: multicentre analysis121 citations · 2021
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