Maddalena Leongito

Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"

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Dr. Maddalena Leongito is a pioneering surgeon specializing in advanced robotic oncologic surgery, with a particular focus on hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancies. Her major contributions center on expanding the frontiers of minimally invasive surgery for complex, multi-organ cancers. Notably, her work on "Robotic surgery of gallbladder cancer" (2020, 6 citations) established a standardized technique for treating both clinically suspected and incidentally diagnosed gallbladder cancer, demonstrating the feasibility and safety of the robotic approach in this challenging field. She further advanced the field with her groundbreaking study on "Synchronous robotic right hemicolectomy and subtotal gastrectomy" (2020, 6 citations), which addressed the rare but critical scenario of patients with synchronous gastric and colorectal cancers. By proving that simultaneous robotic resections are both feasible and safe, Dr. Leongito has provided a valuable, less invasive alternative to traditional open surgery, reducing patient trauma and recovery time. Her work is instrumental in shaping modern surgical oncology, offering new hope for patients with complex, multi-focal disease.