Mario Masrur

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Mario Masrur is a pioneering minimally invasive and robotic surgeon whose research has significantly advanced the fields of bariatric surgery, hepatobiliary procedures, and solid organ transplantation. Based at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Masrur has been instrumental in refining and standardizing robotic surgical techniques, earning recognition through over 600 cumulative citations across his most impactful work. His landmark 2014 study on Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescent cholangiography during robotic cholecystectomy (149 citations) helped establish a safer approach to visualizing biliary anatomy, directly addressing the persistent challenge of bile duct injury. He further standardized complex robotic procedures through his 17-step technique for robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy, offering reproducible guidance for one of surgery's most demanding operations. Masrur has also pushed the boundaries of transplant and bariatric surgery, notably demonstrating the feasibility of simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients — a groundbreaking innovation with meaningful implications for underserved surgical populations. His longitudinal work on sleeve gastrectomy, revisional bariatric procedures, and emerging single-port robotic platforms reflects a career defined by technical innovation, patient safety, and the relentless refinement of minimally invasive surgery.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescent Cholangiography During Robotic Cholecystectomy

   149 citations · 2014
2. 2
   Operative technique in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): 17 steps standardized technique

   74 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients with end-stage renal failure

   62 citations · 2020
4. 4
   Risk Factors for Open Conversion in Minimally Invasive Cholecystectomy

   57 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Could ICG-aided robotic cholecystectomy reduce the rate of open conversion reported with laparoscopic approach? A head to head comparison of the largest single institution studies

   54 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Laparoscopic and Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Short- and Long-Term Results

   52 citations · 2014
7. 7
   Surgical management of super–super obese patients: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy

   48 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery: a High-Volume Center Experience

   46 citations · 2021
9. 9
   Robotic single‐port surgery: Preliminary experience in general surgery

   40 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Robotic sleeve gastrectomy after liver transplantation

    33 citations · 2012

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