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Total Citations
560
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About
Rocco Simone Flammia is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher whose work centers on advancing robot-assisted surgery for kidney and bladder cancers. His major contributions include pioneering novel “trifecta” systems to comprehensively measure surgical quality, cancer control, and functional preservation after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy—a framework that has garnered over 74 citations and reshaped outcome reporting. Flammia has also developed and internally validated a nomogram to predict chronic kidney disease upstaging following robotic partial nephrectomy, a tool with 39 citations that aids in personalized patient counseling. His comparative studies on on-clamp versus off-clamp techniques in solitary kidneys (cited 31 and 28 times) provide critical evidence for minimizing renal function decline. Notably, his 2023 historical review of robotic surgery from PROBOT® to HUGO™ has already accumulated 114 citations, reflecting its value as a definitive resource. Flammia’s work on sex-sparing robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal neobladder in female patients (41 citations) demonstrates his commitment to both oncologic rigor and functional preservation. His research, spanning high-volume centers and large-scale databases, continues to shape best practices in urologic oncology.
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- 1Robotic Surgery in Urology: History from PROBOT® to HUGOTM114 citations · 2023
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