Davide De Marchi

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Davide De Marchi is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher whose work centers on advancing robotic surgery to improve patient outcomes in oncology and reconstructive urology. His major contributions include demonstrating that combining local anesthetic wound infiltration with ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block significantly reduces postoperative pain and accelerates recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), as shown in a double-blind randomized trial (36 citations). He has also systematically documented port-site metastases and atypical recurrences after robotic radical cystectomy (27 citations), providing critical safety insights. De Marchi pioneered a step-by-step extravesical posterior approach for robotic bladder diverticulectomy (19 citations) and showed that RARP accelerates postoperative stress recovery by studying cortisol peri-operative kinetics (18 citations). His narrative review on the evolution of robotic urologic surgery (12 citations) and his Verona training model for urethrovesical anastomosis (12 citations) have become valuable educational resources. With over 130 total citations, De Marchi’s work consistently blends technical innovation with rigorous clinical evidence, establishing him as a key figure in the minimally invasive urologic surgery landscape.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Impact of Combination of Local Anesthetic Wounds Infiltration and Ultrasound Transversus Abdominal Plane Block in Patients Undergoing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Perioperative Results of a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

   36 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Port-site metastasis and atypical recurrences after robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC): an updated comprehensive and systematic review of current evidences

   27 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Robotic bladder diverticulectomy: step-by-step extravesical posterior approach – technique and outcomes

   19 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy accelerates postoperative stress recovery: Final results of a contemporary prospective study assessing pathophysiology of cortisol peri-operative kinetics in prostate cancer surgery

   18 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Robotic surgery in urology: a narrative review from the beginning to the single-site

   12 citations · 2021
6. 6
   A new training model for robot-assisted urethrovesical anastomosis and posterior muscle-fascial reconstruction: the Verona training technique

   12 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty with the use of the Contour™ stent: description of the technique and analysis of outcomes after the first 30 cases

   4 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with Ureterocutaneostomy: A Potentially Optimal Solution for Octogenarian and Frail Patients with Bladder Cancer

   3 citations · 2025
9. 9
   Robotic surgery in patients with achondroplastic dwarfism: evaluation of risks and issues in an anatomical challenging bilateral partial nephrectomy

   2 citations · 2019
10. 10
    Minimally-invasive robotic pyeloplasty: the "window technique"

    2 citations · 2019

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