Richard Neururer
Papers
11
Total Citations
1,233
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About
Richard Neururer is a pioneering urological surgeon whose career has been defined by his early and influential adoption of robotic-assisted laparoscopic techniques, particularly within the da Vinci robotic system. Working at the forefront of minimally invasive urology in the early 2000s, Neururer made landmark contributions to two key procedures: robotic pyeloplasty and robotic partial nephrectomy. His 2004 paper on robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, with over 460 citations, established foundational surgical techniques that helped shape the field globally. Alongside this, his comparative studies on robotic versus standard laparoscopic pyeloplasty — accumulating over 475 combined citations across two seminal 2002 papers — demonstrated that robotic assistance could achieve equivalent outcomes while dramatically reducing the technical skill barrier, thereby broadening access to complex reconstructive surgery. His 2007 five-year institutional experience with robotic Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty further cemented the long-term viability of the approach. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 1,200, Neururer's body of work has been instrumental in legitimizing and disseminating robotic urology as a mainstream surgical standard worldwide.
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- 4Robotic Anderson‐Hynes pyeloplasty: 5‐year experience of one centre136 citations · 2007
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- 6Robotic pyeloplasty: technique and results47 citations · 2004
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- 9Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: Initial clinical results4 citations · 2003
- 101782: Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy4 citations · 2004