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22
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About
Laureano Molins is a leading thoracic surgeon whose work is reshaping the landscape of minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, with a particular focus on robotic-assisted techniques. His research centers on optimizing surgical outcomes by comparing robotic (RATS) and videothoracoscopic (VATS) approaches, notably demonstrating that the learning curve for robotic lobectomy yields better clinical results than VATS—a finding from his 2024 study that has already garnered significant attention. Molins has been instrumental in advancing robotic thoracic surgery programs, showing in his 2023 work that teams can progress from wedge resections to complex sleeve lobectomies in just six months. He has also pioneered technical innovations like the "tunnel technique" for robotic left upper lobectomy, which addresses the challenge of incomplete or fused fissures. Beyond technical mastery, Molins contributes to the broader field through national overviews of thoracic surgery in Spain and critical evaluations of inflammatory biomarkers, finding that peripheral blood-derived indices are not reliable predictors of complications in robotic lung cancer surgery. With his most cited works accumulating citations rapidly, Molins stands at the forefront of defining best practices for robotic thoracic surgery.
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- 2Thoracic surgery in Spain5 citations · 2021
- 3Tunnel technique for robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy5 citations · 2022
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