Sarah Minner
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Sarah Minner is a leading urological pathologist whose work has fundamentally advanced nerve-sparing techniques in prostate cancer surgery. Her primary research focuses on intraoperative pathology, particularly the optimization of surgical outcomes through real-time tissue analysis. Minner's most transformative contribution is the development and validation of the Neurovascular Structure-adjacent Frozen-section Examination (NeuroSAFE) technique. In her landmark 2012 study, which has garnered over 280 citations, she demonstrated across 11,069 consecutive patients that NeuroSAFE significantly increases the frequency of nerve-sparing procedures while reducing positive surgical margins in both open and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. This work has directly improved postoperative quality of life for thousands of men by preserving erectile function without compromising oncological control. Minner's research bridges the critical gap between pathology and surgical decision-making, establishing a new standard for real-time margin assessment. Her meticulous methodology and large-scale clinical validation have made her a pivotal figure in urological oncology, with her findings widely adopted in major cancer centers worldwide.
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