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About
Oussama Elhage is a pioneering urological surgeon whose research has fundamentally shaped the landscape of robotic-assisted surgery for bladder and prostate cancer. His work centers on the safety, efficacy, and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive techniques, particularly robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). Elhage’s seminal 2008 paper, "Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy with Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion: Initial Experience," with 154 citations, established the feasibility of this approach. He further validated its benefits through a landmark dual-centre cohort comparison of open, laparoscopic, and robotic cystectomy (95 citations) and provided critical long-term oncologic and functional data in a 2013 study (78 citations). Beyond clinical outcomes, Elhage has advanced surgical training and ergonomics, validating the SEP Robot simulator for robotic surgery (74 citations) and quantifying the physical impact of complex tasks on surgeon error and discomfort (51 citations). His recent work includes the TRoMbone trial, testing radical prostatectomy for oligo-metastatic prostate cancer (55 citations), and innovative applications of 3D printing in robot-assisted prostatectomy. With over 800 cumulative citations, Elhage’s contributions have not only improved patient outcomes but also refined the tools and techniques that define modern urological surgery.
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- 4Long-term Outcomes of Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer78 citations · 2013
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