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About
Cordula Wagner is a leading researcher in the field of surgical education and robot-assisted surgery, with a particular focus on objective skill assessment and its link to patient outcomes. Her major contributions center on developing and validating novel methods to evaluate surgical performance, most notably through the use of the video motion tracking system “Kinovea” to analyze surgical movements during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. This work, her most cited paper with 16 citations, demonstrates her innovative approach to transforming subjective surgical evaluation into quantifiable, objective metrics. Wagner has also advanced the field through Delphi studies that directly link surgical skills to postoperative outcomes, and by establishing the value of multidisciplinary training programs for novice robot surgeons. Her research extends to nontechnical skills in surgery, including teamwork and communication, as evidenced by her multicenter studies comparing robot-assisted and open procedures. With a growing body of work that bridges technical precision and patient recovery—such as identifying urethral stump measurements as predictors of urinary continence—Wagner is shaping how surgical training and quality assessment are conducted in the modern operating room.
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