Papers
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Total Citations
838
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About
Werner A. Draaisma is a pioneering Dutch surgeon whose career has been defined by his groundbreaking contributions to robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, with a particular focus on esophageal, gastroesophageal, and colorectal procedures. Working from a high-volume tertiary center in the Netherlands, Draaisma was among the first surgeons worldwide to document robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagolymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer — a landmark 2006 paper that has accumulated over 230 citations and helped establish robotic esophageal surgery as a viable clinical pathway. His rigorous comparative research, including a randomized clinical trial contrasting standard and robot-assisted Nissen fundoplication (128 citations), brought scientific discipline to early debates about robotic surgery's added value. His 2005 four-year institutional cohort study (105 citations) remains a foundational reference for assessing robotic gastrointestinal surgery's safety and feasibility. Beyond esophageal disease, Draaisma has made significant contributions to hiatal hernia repair, ventral mesh rectopexy, and robotic liver surgery, including contributing to a nationwide implementation analysis in the Netherlands. Across more than a decade of high-impact publications, his work has collectively shaped surgical training, policy, and practice around the global adoption of robotic surgical platforms.
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- 3Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Surgery: A Four-Year Single-Center Experience105 citations · 2005
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- 6Implementation and Outcome of Robotic Liver Surgery in the Netherlands41 citations · 2022
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