Jean‐Baptiste Beauval
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon, Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Lyon Genou Centre Albert Trillat, Hôpital Rangueil, Sorbonne Université, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Mathematics Institute, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Clinique Saint Jean Languedoc, Clinique Pasteur, French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network, CIC Rennes, Université Paris-Sud
Papers
46
Total Citations
1,009
H-Index
18
About
Jean-Baptiste Beauval is a prominent urological surgeon and researcher whose work centers on minimally invasive and robotic surgery, particularly in the management of renal tumors, prostate cancer, and kidney transplantation. His research has fundamentally shaped the evidence base for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), with his landmark 2016 multicenter comparison of 1,800 robotic and open partial nephrectomies—now cited 179 times—establishing critical benchmarks for surgical outcomes in this field. Beauval has consistently interrogated the nuances of surgical practice, examining how hospital and surgeon volume influence RAPN outcomes and contributing long-term oncological follow-up data across prospective multicenter cohorts. His work on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and prehabilitation pathways for robotic radical prostatectomy has advanced perioperative care protocols, including pioneering same-day discharge feasibility. Notably, he has pushed surgical boundaries in kidney transplantation, exploring robotic-assisted approaches in obese recipients and introducing transvaginal robotic donor nephrectomy. With a cumulative citation profile exceeding 500 across his top works, Beauval's contributions have meaningfully influenced both clinical guidelines and the global adoption of robotic urology.
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- 1Comparison of 1800 Robotic and Open Partial Nephrectomies for Renal Tumors179 citations · 2016
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