Elizabeth R. Mueller
Papers
11
Total Citations
447
H-Index
8
About
Elizabeth R. Mueller is a leading researcher in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, with a focus on minimally invasive treatments for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Her landmark work includes the ACCESS trial, which directly compared robotic and laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy—her most cited paper (259 citations) demonstrated that while both approaches yield similar clinical outcomes, robotic surgery incurs significantly higher costs. This finding has shaped surgical decision-making and healthcare policy. In a subsequent study (55 citations), she reported one-year anatomic and quality-of-life outcomes, confirming durable symptom relief and patient satisfaction. Mueller also led a large retrospective analysis of 450 women undergoing minimally invasive abdominal sacrocolpopexy (48 citations), providing robust safety and efficacy data. Her contributions extend to surgical education, where she developed and validated the Robotic Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (ROSA) to improve resident training. Additionally, she has advocated for abdominal approaches in complex prolapse cases, citing superior anatomic results. With over 400 total citations, Mueller’s work bridges rigorous clinical trials, cost-effectiveness analysis, and educational innovation, establishing evidence-based standards for modern pelvic reconstructive surgery.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Robotic Compared With Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy259 citations · 2013
- 2One-Year Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy55 citations · 2016
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- 4Abdominal Colpopexy: Comparison of Endoscopic Surgical Strategies (ACCESS)24 citations · 2012
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- 6Robotic Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills16 citations · 2014
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- 8Why complex pelvic organ prolapse should be approached abdominally11 citations · 2013
- 92140 ABDOMINAL COLPOPEXY: COMPARISON OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL STRATEGIES2 citations · 2012
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