Franca Melfi

University of Pisa, Ospedale Cisanello, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University Medical Center Utrecht, Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital

Papers

78

Total Citations

2,987

H-Index

23

About

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Research Focus

Medicine72 · 2,622 citations
Surgery65 · 2,303 citations
Internal medicine35 · 1,525 citations
Robotic surgery33 · 1,521 citations
Da Vinci Surgical System12 · 1,138 citations
Lung cancer22 · 954 citations
Cardiothoracic surgery27 · 937 citations
Cancer10 · 774 citations
Stage (stratigraphy)11 · 682 citations
Computer science16 · 657 citations
Thoracoscopy4 · 626 citations
Artificial intelligence10 · 478 citations

Key Achievements

23
H-Index
78
Papers
2,987
Total Citations
38
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Early experience with robotic technology for thoracoscopic surgery
387 citations · 2002
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2018 (10 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 243
🏛 Institutions: University of Pisa, Ospedale Cisanello, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University Medical Center Utrecht, Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital

Top Papers

  1. 1
    Early experience with robotic technology for thoracoscopic surgery
    387 citations · 2002
  2. 2
    Technical review of the da Vinci surgical telemanipulator
    316 citations · 2012
  3. 3
    Four-arm robotic lobectomy for the treatment of early-stage lung cancer
    302 citations · 2009
  4. 4
    Robotic lobectomy for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Long-term oncologic results
    271 citations · 2011
  5. 5
    Robot-aided thoracoscopic thymectomy for early-stage thymoma: A multicenter European study
    147 citations · 2012
  6. 6
    Robotically Assisted Lobectomy: Learning Curve and Complications
    126 citations · 2008
  7. 7
    Robotic renal transplantation: first European case
    124 citations · 2010
  8. 8
    Multi-institutional European experience of robotic thymectomy for thymoma.
    74 citations · 2016
  9. 9
    Ten-year experience of mediastinal robotic surgery in a single referral centre
    72 citations · 2012
  10. 10
    Experience with Robotic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer
    67 citations · 2011

Key Collaborators

CCCarmelina Cristina Zirafa28 shared papersFDFederico Davini26 shared papersGRGaetano Romano22 shared papersAMAlfredo Mussi11 shared papersLMLuca Morelli10 shared papersSRSara Ricciardi10 shared papersOFOlivia Fanucchi8 shared papersMLMarco Lucchi7 shared papersFMFranco Mosca7 shared papersMPMatteo Palmeri7 shared papersPNPierluigi Novellis6 shared papersCCChristopher Cao6 shared papersGVGiulia Veronesi6 shared papersSGSimone Guadagni6 shared papersGDGregorio Di Franco6 shared papersAMA Mussi5 shared papersAPA Perutelli5 shared papersDGDesirée Gianardi5 shared papersVCVito Cela5 shared papersAMAndrea Moglia5 shared papers
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