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Robotic surgery in solid organ transplantation

Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Safe Alternative to Laparoscopic Technique for Kidney Transplant Donation.

Spaggiari M, Garcia-Roca R, Tulla KA, Okoye OT, Di Bella C, Oberholzer J, Jeon H, Tzvetanov IG, Benedetti E. Ann Surg. 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004247. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32657945
State of the art of robotic surgery in organ transplantation

Tzvetanov I, Bejarano-Pineda L, Giulianotti PC, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Bianco F, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. World J Surg. 2013 Dec;37(12):2791-9. doi: 10.1007/s00268-013-2244-x. PMID: 24101021 Review
Laparoscopic and robotic donor pancreatectomy for living donor pancreas and pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Oberholzer J, Tzvetanov I, Mele A, Benedetti E. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2010 Mar;17(2):97-100. doi: 10.1007/s00534-009-0146-y. Epub 2009 Oct 6. PMID: 19806301 Review.

Obesity and Transplantation

Obesity in kidney transplantation.

Di Cocco P, Okoye O, Almario J, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov IG, Spaggiari M. Transpl Int. 2020 Jun;33(6):581-589. doi: 10.1111/tri.13547. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PMID: 31667905 Review
Obesity, transplantation, and bariatric surgery: An evolving solution for a growing epidemic.

Diwan TS, Lee TC, Nagai S, Benedetti E, Posselt A, Bumgardner G, Noria S, Whitson BA, Ratner L, Mason D, Friedman J, Woodside KJ, Heimbach J. Am J Transplant. 2020 Aug;20(8):2143-2155. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15784. Epub 2020 Feb 18. PMID: 31965711
Panniculectomy at the time of living donor renal transplantation: An 8-year experience

Ngaage LM, Elegbede A, Tadisina KK, Gebran SG, Masters BM, Rada EM, Nam AJ, Scalea JR, Niederhaus SV, Singh D, Bromberg JS, Bartlett ST, Rasko YM. Am J Transplant. 2019 Aug;19(8):2284-2293. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15285. Epub 2019 Mar 2. PMID: 30720924

Robotic kidney transplant and obesity

Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation.

Tzvetanov I, Giulianotti PC, Bejarano-Pineda L, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Bianco F, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Dec;93(6):1309-23. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2013.08.003. Epub 2013 Oct 5. PMID: 24206853 Review.
Simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients with end-stage renal failure.

Spaggiari M, Di Cocco P, Tulla K, Kaylan KB, Masrur MA, Hassan C, Alvarez JA, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep 25. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16322. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32976702
Robotic kidney transplantation in the obese patient: 10-year experience from a single center.

Tzvetanov IG, Spaggiari M, Tulla KA, Di Bella C, Okoye O, Di Cocco P, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Cristoforo Giulianotti P, Benedetti E. Am J Transplant. 2020 Feb;20(2):430-440. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15626. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 31571369
Minimally invasive, robot-assisted procedure for kidney transplantation among morbidly obese: Positive outcomes at 5 years post-transplant.

Spaggiari M, Lendacki FR, Di Bella C, Giulianotti PC, Benedetti E, Oberholzer J, Tzvetanov I. Clin Transplant. 2018 Nov;32(11):e13404. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13404. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PMID: 30216555
Robotic-assisted Kidney Transplantation: Our Experience and Literature Review.

Tzvetanov I, D'Amico G, Benedetti E. Curr Transplant Rep. 2015;2(2):122-126. doi: 10.1007/s40472-015-0051-z. PMID: 26000230 Free PMC article. Review.

Robotic pancreas transplant and obesity

The utility of robotic assisted pancreas transplants – a single center retrospective study

Mario Spaggiari, Kiara A. Tulla, Obi Okoye, Caterina Di Bella, Pierpaolo Di Cocco, Jorge Almario, Pearl Ugwu‐Dike, Ivo G. Tzvetanov, Enrico Benedetti. Transpl Int. 2019 Nov;32(11):1173-1181. doi: 10.1111/tri.13477. Epub 2019 Aug 1. PMID: 31250486First published: 28 June 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.13477
Robotic-assisted pancreas transplantation: where are we today?

Tzvetanov I, D'Amico G, Bejarano-Pineda L, Benedetti E. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2014 Feb;19(1):80-2. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000044. PMID: 24346147 Review.

Kidney transplant in highly sensitized patients

Delayed Graft Function and Acute Rejection Following HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.

Motter JD, Jackson KR, Long JJ, Waldram MM, Orandi BJ, Montgomery RA, Stegall MD, Jordan SC, Benedetti E, Dunn TB, Ratner LE, Kapur S, Pelletier RP, Roberts JP, Melcher ML, Singh P, Sudan DL, Posner MP, El-Amm JM, Shapiro R, Cooper M, Verbesey JE, Lipkowitz GS, Rees MA, Marsh CL, Sankari BR, Gerber DA, Wellen JR, Bozorgzadeh A, Gaber AO, Heher EC, Weng FL, Djamali A, Helderman JH, Concepcion BP, Brayman KL, Oberholzer J, Kozlowski T, Covarrubias K, Massie AB, Segev DL, Garonzik-Wang JM. Am J Transplant. 2020 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16471. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33370502
Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.

Jackson KR, Long J, Motter J, Bowring MG, Chen J, Waldram MM, Orandi BJ, Montgomery RA, Stegall MD, Jordan SC, Benedetti E, Dunn TB, Ratner LE, Kapur S, Pelletier RP, Roberts JP, Melcher ML, Singh P, Sudan DL, Posner MP, El-Amm JM, Shapiro R, Cooper M, Verbesey JE, Lipkowitz GS, Rees MA, Marsh CL, Sankari BR, Gerber DA, Wellen J, Bozorgzadeh A, Gaber AO, Heher E, Weng FL, Djamali A, Helderman JH, Concepcion BP, Brayman KL, Oberholzer J, Kozlowski T, Covarrubias K, Desai N, Massie AB, Segev DL, Garonzik-Wang J. Transplantation. 2020 Mar 30. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003254. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32235255
The role of ABO-incompatible living donors in kidney transplantation: state of the art.

Thielke J, Kaplan B, Benedetti E. Semin Nephrol. 2007 Jul;27(4):408-13. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2007.03.003. PMID: 17616273 Review.

Kidney transplant in vascular complex cases

Simultaneous recipient external iliac endarterectomy and renal transplant - a propensity score matched analysis.

Spaggiari M, Okoye O, Almario J, Tulla K, Di Cocco P, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Transpl Int. 2020 Mar;33(3):321-329. doi: 10.1111/tri.13559. Epub 2019 Dec 2. PMID: 31730258

Robotic surgery in solid organ transplantation

Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Safe Alternative to Laparoscopic Technique for Kidney Transplant Donation.

State of the art of robotic surgery in organ transplantation

Laparoscopic and robotic donor pancreatectomy for living donor pancreas and pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Obesity and Transplantation

Obesity in kidney transplantation.

Obesity, transplantation, and bariatric surgery: An evolving solution for a growing epidemic.

Panniculectomy at the time of living donor renal transplantation: An 8-year experience

Robotic kidney transplant and obesity

Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation.

Simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients with end-stage renal failure.

Robotic kidney transplantation in the obese patient: 10-year experience from a single center.

Minimally invasive, robot-assisted procedure for kidney transplantation among morbidly obese: Positive outcomes at 5 years post-transplant.

Robotic-assisted Kidney Transplantation: Our Experience and Literature Review.

Robotic pancreas transplant and obesity

The utility of robotic assisted pancreas transplants – a single center retrospective study

Robotic-assisted pancreas transplantation: where are we today?

Kidney transplant in highly sensitized patients

Delayed Graft Function and Acute Rejection Following HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.

Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.

The role of ABO-incompatible living donors in kidney transplantation: state of the art.

Kidney transplant in vascular complex cases

Simultaneous recipient external iliac endarterectomy and renal transplant - a propensity score matched analysis.

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