Lorenzo Luciani
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Total Citations
251
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About
Dr. Lorenzo Luciani is a leading urologic surgeon whose research focuses on advancing robotic-assisted surgery for kidney and prostate cancers. His most impactful work, a 2016 prospective cohort study with 78 citations, demonstrated that robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy yields superior operative outcomes compared to laparoscopic and open approaches, establishing a new benchmark in nephron-sparing surgery. Dr. Luciani further refined this technique by pioneering fluorescence-guided selective arterial clamping during robotic partial nephrectomy, a 2018 study with 40 citations that showed significantly better early functional outcomes on renal scans. In prostate cancer, he has systematically compared retropubic, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, and developed the "proficiency score" to predict early trifecta achievement during the learning curve—a tool now validated in high-risk patients across multicentric series. His innovative work includes the first robotic laparoendoscopic single-site radical prostatectomy using the VesPa platform and a user’s guide for robotic prostatectomy after colorectal surgery. With over 245 total citations across his top papers, Dr. Luciani’s contributions have directly improved surgical precision, functional recovery, and training standards in robotic urologic oncology.
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- 9Simultaneous robotic partial nephrectomy for bilateral renal masses9 citations · 2022
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