Papers
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Total Citations
144
H-Index
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About
Dr. Hendrik Borgmann is a pioneering urologic surgeon and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, digital health communication, and evidence-based perioperative care. His primary contributions include advancing minimally invasive techniques for benign prostatic hyperplasia and upper tract urothelial cancer, most notably through the first completely robot-assisted retroperitoneal nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff—a procedure that avoids entering the peritoneal cavity. His landmark study comparing robot-assisted to open simple prostatectomy (49 citations) established a key benchmark for surgical outcomes. Beyond the operating room, Borgmann is a leader in analyzing how new media shapes urology: his 2015 assessment of robotic prostatectomy content on the web (20 citations) and his cross-sectional mapping of public versus academic interest in urology (17 citations) revealed critical gaps in online health information quality. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he led a German multicenter study on clinical practice deferrals (13 citations) and demonstrated that robotic surgery could be safely performed for both patients and healthcare workers. With over 140 total citations across his top-cited works, Borgmann’s research uniquely bridges surgical innovation, patient education, and public health, making him a vital voice in modern urology.
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- 3Robotic Prostatectomy on the Web: A Cross-Sectional Qualitative Assessment20 citations · 2015
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- 8Radical Prostatectomy on YouTube: Education or Disinformation?3 citations · 2023
- 9Strategy of robotic surgeons to exert public influence through Twitter3 citations · 2016
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