Papers
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Total Citations
218
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About
Raju Chelluri is a urologic surgeon and researcher whose work centers on advancing minimally invasive surgical techniques for prostate and kidney cancers, with a particular focus on robotic-assisted procedures. His major contributions include landmark studies examining the relationship between hospital volume and surgical outcomes, demonstrating that higher-volume centers achieve superior results in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (40 citations) and radical prostatectomy (38 citations). Chelluri also investigated disparities in surgical care, notably in a highly cited 2019 study (58 citations) that revealed national trends and inequities in minimally invasive surgery for localized renal cancer. His innovative research extends to prostate cancer staging, where he identified tumor contact with the prostate capsule on MRI as a potential biomarker for prognosis (51 citations), and to the intraoperative dynamics of circulating tumor cells during robotic prostatectomy (16 citations). More recently, he has explored fluorescence-guided surgery to enhance precision in radical prostatectomy. Through these contributions, Chelluri has helped shape evidence-based practices in urologic oncology, improving our understanding of how surgical volume, technique, and technology affect patient outcomes.
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- 3Hospital volume and outcomes of robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy40 citations · 2017
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- 6Fluorescence-guided radical prostatectomy6 citations · 2022
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