Papers
6
Total Citations
229
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5
About
Kiara Tulla is a pioneering surgeon whose work is transforming the landscape of transplant medicine, particularly for patients historically deemed high-risk. Her primary research focus is the application of robotic surgery to kidney and pancreas transplantation, with a specific emphasis on expanding access for obese patients with end-stage organ failure. Tulla’s major contributions are documented in a series of landmark studies from a single center. Her most cited work, a 10-year experience on robotic kidney transplantation in obese patients (97 citations), provides compelling evidence that this minimally invasive approach can yield excellent outcomes in a challenging population. She further advanced the field by demonstrating the feasibility and safety of performing simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery (62 citations), a novel combined procedure that addresses both obesity and renal failure. Additionally, her work on robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomies (34 citations) and robotic pancreas transplants (24 citations) has helped establish the robotic platform as a viable, and often superior, alternative to traditional open surgery. Through these innovative techniques, Tulla is not only improving surgical recovery times but is also fundamentally challenging the criteria that previously excluded many patients from life-saving transplants.
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- 3Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies34 citations · 2020
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- 5Robotic Kidney Transplant: The Modern Era Technical Revolution9 citations · 2021
- 6Robotic Transplant Surgery3 citations · 2021