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Viktor Berge is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher whose work centers on improving outcomes in prostate cancer surgery, particularly through the adoption and refinement of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP). His major contributions include landmark studies on the role of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in reducing positive surgical margins—a 2015 randomized clinical trial (69 citations) showed MRI’s potential to guide more precise tumor excision. Berge also led a prospective study tracking quality-of-life outcomes over 36 months after transitioning from laparoscopic to robot-assisted surgery (48 citations), demonstrating significant patient benefits. His comparative analysis of laparoscopic versus robotic prostatectomy (16 citations) confirmed superior oncological and complication profiles for RALP. More recently, he has investigated robotic salvage lymph node dissection for recurrent disease and the impact of preoperative MRI on long-term survival, with a 12-year follow-up of a randomized trial. Berge is also principal investigator of the ongoing prePSMA trial, a multicenter study evaluating PSMA PET/CT as a triage tool for extended lymph node dissection. With over 140 citations across his most-cited works, Berge’s research directly shapes surgical decision-making and patient counseling in prostate cancer care.