Papers
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Total Citations
388
H-Index
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About
Kaitlyn Crespo is a surgical researcher specializing in minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery, with a particular focus on robotic approaches to liver resection, biliary reconstruction, and pancreatic surgery. Her work sits at the cutting edge of a rapidly evolving field, systematically evaluating whether robotic platforms deliver meaningful clinical and economic advantages over traditional laparoscopic and open techniques. Crespo's most cited contribution, a 2024 comparative analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic liver surgery (76 citations), reflects her commitment to rigorous outcomes research in settings where evidence has historically been sparse. Alongside this, her propensity score-matched study on robotic versus open major hepatectomy (41 citations) and a dedicated cost analysis of robotic hepatectomy (30 citations) have helped clarify both the clinical value and economic realities of adopting robotic platforms. Notably, she contributed to developing the Tampa Difficulty Score (28 citations), a novel tool for standardizing complexity assessment in robotic hepatectomy — a meaningful step toward reproducibility across institutions. Her oncological investigations into intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using robotic techniques, including what is reported as the first North American series of robotic extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma resection, demonstrate genuine pioneering work. With over 275 cumulative citations across her published body of work, Crespo has established herself as an important voice shaping evidence-based adoption of robotic surgery in complex abdominal oncology.
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- 1Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Liver Resection in Various Settings76 citations · 2024
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- 10A Single Institution’s Experience With Robotic Minor and Major Hepatectomy12 citations · 2021