Vassilis Poulakis

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Vassilis Poulakis is a pioneering urologic surgeon whose research has fundamentally advanced the field of robotic bladder cancer surgery. His work centers on optimizing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and urinary diversion, with a particular focus on comparing intracorporeal versus extracorporeal techniques. His landmark study, "Analysis of Intracorporeal Compared with Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion After Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy," has garnered over 300 citations, establishing it as a cornerstone reference in the field. Through his leadership in the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium (IRCC), Poulakis has driven multi-institutional research that has defined best practices for extended lymphadenectomy and characterized surgical outcomes for advanced bladder cancer. His contributions extend to innovative robotic repairs of vesicovaginal fistulas and the development of robotic neobladder techniques. By leveraging large-scale collaborative data, Poulakis has provided critical insights into surgeon volume effects and operative time prediction models, helping to standardize and improve the quality of robotic cystectomy worldwide. His work continues to shape how surgeons approach complex bladder cancer surgery in the robotic era.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Analysis of Intracorporeal Compared with Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion After Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy: Results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium

   307 citations · 2013
2. 2
   Surgery-related Complications of Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy With Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion

   69 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Impact of surgeon and volume on extended lymphadenectomy at the time of robot‐assisted radical cystectomy: results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium ( <scp>IRCC</scp> )

   52 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Robotic repair of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)

   39 citations · 2012
5. 5
   Robotic neobladder

   31 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Efficacy of robot‐assisted radical cystectomy ( <scp>RARC</scp> ) in advanced bladder cancer: results from the <scp>I</scp> nternational <scp>R</scp> adical <scp>C</scp> ystectomy <scp>C</scp> onsortium ( <scp>IRCC</scp> )

   17 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Development of a patient and institutional‐based model for estimation of operative times for robot‐assisted radical cystectomy: results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium

   17 citations · 2017
8. 8
   International Radical Cystectomy Consortium: A way forward

   9 citations · 2014
9. 9
   1161 COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES BETWEEN INTRA-CORPOREAL AND EXTRA-CORPOREAL URINARY DIVERSION AFTER ROBOT-ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY – THE IRCC RESULTS

   3 citations · 2012
10. 10
    1415 PATHOLOGIC AND EARLY ONCOLOGIC OUTCOMES AFTER ROBOT-ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY: RESULTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ROBOTIC CYSTECTOMY CONSORTIUM

    2 citations · 2011

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