Marco Spada

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Marco Spada is a leading figure in the field of minimally invasive transplant surgery, with a primary focus on living donor organ procurement and perioperative care. His major contributions center on advancing the safety and efficacy of mini-invasive techniques for living donor nephrectomy and hepatectomy. Notably, his landmark 2017 multicenter study (14 citations) analyzed the relationship between transplant center volume, surgical technique, and donor graft selection across 21 Italian centers, providing critical insights into optimizing donor outcomes. Spada also spearheaded the "I Go MILS" registry (2023, 12 citations), a vital tool for disseminating best practices and fostering collaboration in mini-invasive liver surgery. His work on the anesthetic management of totally robotic living-donor right lobe hepatectomy (2013, 10 citations) highlights his interdisciplinary approach, addressing the unique perioperative challenges of robotic-assisted procedures. Through these efforts, Spada has not only shaped clinical protocols but also strengthened the network of Italian transplant centers, enhancing the safety and accessibility of living donor transplantation.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Are there any relations among transplant centre volume, surgical technique and anatomy for donor graft selection? Ten-year multicentric Italian experience on mini-invasive living donor nephrectomy

   14 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Ten years of Italian mini-invasiveness: the I Go MILS registry as a tool of dissemination, characterization and networking

   12 citations · 2023
3. 3
   Anesthetic management of totally robotic right lobe living-donor hepatectomy: new tools ask for perioperative care.

   10 citations · 2013

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