Philippe Van Trappen

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Dr. Philippe Van Trappen is a leading figure in gynecologic oncology, renowned for pioneering the application of robotic surgery to improve outcomes for women with gynecologic cancers and complex benign conditions. His research centers on minimally invasive surgical techniques, with a major focus on robotic-assisted procedures for endometrial, cervical, and ovarian cancers. Dr. Van Trappen has made seminal contributions by demonstrating the safety and oncologic efficacy of robotic surgery in large cohort studies, including a landmark 2020 paper on endometrial cancer (15 citations) and a 2015 study on radical hysterectomy for cervical carcinoma (12 citations). He is also at the forefront of integrating fluorescence guidance using indocyanine green (ICG) to enhance the precision of robotic resections, notably for challenging cases like bladder wall endometriosis (2023, 7 citations). His work extends to advanced ovarian cancer, where he has refined case selection for robotic staging and interval debulking (2022, 6 citations), and to systematic reviews on robotic pelvic exenteration for recurrent cervical cancer (2024, 5 citations). Beyond technique, Dr. Van Trappen has critically analyzed the clinical and financial impact of introducing robotic surgery in a tertiary referral center (2021, 5 citations), providing essential economic data for healthcare systems. His investigations into stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesions (2022, 4 citations) further underscore his commitment to understanding rare cervical pathologies. With a career dedicated to advancing surgical precision and patient safety, Dr. Van Trappen’s work has garnered over 70 citations, establishing him as a key innovator in robotic gynecologic oncology.

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Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Robot-assisted surgery for women with endometrial cancer: Surgical and oncologic outcomes within a Belgium gynaecological oncology group cohort

   15 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Robot-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy in Cervical Carcinoma

   12 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Fluorescence guidance during robotic resection of bladder wall endometriosis: case report and technique

   7 citations · 2023
4. 4
   Robotic surgery in early and advanced ovarian cancer: Case selection for surgical staging and interval debulking surgery

   6 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Robotic hysterectomy using the Vessel Sealer for myomatous uteri: technique and clinical outcome

   6 citations · 2015
6. 6
   Hysterectomy—Should all residents learn to perform it?

   6 citations · 2018
7. 7
   Robotic-Assisted Pelvic Exenteration for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review and Novel Insights into Compartment-Based Imaging

   5 citations · 2024
8. 8
   The clinical and financial impact of introducing robotic‐assisted hysterectomy in a tertiary referral centre: A direct cost analysis of consecutive hysterectomies during a decade

   5 citations · 2021
9. 9
   Stratified Mucin-producing Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix: Clinical Diversity of Cases and Literature Review

   4 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Robotic Staging of Cervical Cancer With Simultaneous Detection of Primary Pelvic and Secondary Para-Aortic Sentinel Lymph Nodes: Reproducibility in a First Case Series

    4 citations · 2022

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