Antonina Di Benedetto

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Antonina Di Benedetto is a distinguished urological surgeon whose research has significantly advanced the field of minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery. Her primary research areas encompass laparoscopic and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, with a particular focus on long-term oncological outcomes and surgical technique optimization. Her landmark study, "Minimum 5‐year follow‐up of 1138 consecutive laparoscopic radical prostatectomies," published in 2014 with 20 citations, represents one of the largest single-center series examining the durability of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. This work provided critical evidence on the procedure's long-term efficacy, demonstrating that laparoscopic radical prostatectomy offers excellent cancer control with favorable functional outcomes when performed by experienced surgeons. Di Benedetto's meticulous documentation of over a decade of surgical experience—spanning 163 months from 2000 to 2008—has helped establish benchmarks for surgical quality and patient selection. Her contributions have been instrumental in validating laparoscopic approaches as a standard of care for localized prostate cancer, influencing surgical training programs and clinical guidelines worldwide. Through her systematic analysis of risk-stratified outcomes across D'Amico risk groups, she has provided urologists with valuable prognostic data to guide treatment decisions and patient counseling.