Samantha App
Papers
5
Total Citations
37
H-Index
3
About
Dr. Samantha App is a pioneering hepatobiliary surgeon whose research centers on advancing robotic surgery for liver and biliary diseases. Her work has fundamentally shaped the understanding of minimally invasive approaches, particularly for complex procedures like hepatectomy and bile duct reconstruction. Dr. App’s most influential study, “Robotic Versus Open Extrahepatic Biliary Reconstruction for Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury” (2021, 16 citations), provides critical comparative evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of robotic techniques in challenging repairs. She has also made significant contributions to evaluating patient-specific risk factors, notably through her propensity score-matched analyses on how metabolic syndrome affects perioperative outcomes and costs in robotic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (2022, 4 citations; 2023, 3 citations). Most recently, her 2024 study on the IWATE difficulty score (2 citations) broke new ground by linking technical complexity to both surgical outcomes and financial costs, offering a framework for resource allocation. With a growing body of work that bridges surgical innovation, patient selection, and healthcare economics, Dr. App is establishing herself as a leading voice in the evidence-based evolution of robotic hepatobiliary surgery.
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- 2A Single Institution’s Experience With Robotic Minor and Major Hepatectomy12 citations · 2021
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