Pankaj Dangle
University of Chicago Medical Center, Comer Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, AdventHealth Celebration, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, University of Chicago, The Ohio State University, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University Health, Riley Hospital for Children
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Total Citations
664
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About
Pankaj Dangle is a pioneering pediatric urologist and robotic surgeon whose work has fundamentally shaped minimally invasive surgery for children. His research centers on the application and validation of robotic-assisted techniques for complex congenital and reconstructive urology, with a particular focus on infants and young children. Dangle’s major contributions include demonstrating the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in infants, a landmark multi-institutional study (105 citations) that challenged the primacy of open surgery. He further provided critical comparative data showing that robotic pyeloplasty offers outcomes comparable to open repair while potentially reducing morbidity (81 citations). Beyond pyeloplasty, Dangle has advanced the field by standardizing robotic approaches for ureteric reimplantation, Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy, and complex reconstructions, as evidenced by his multi-institutional studies on perioperative outcomes (45 citations). His work extends to adult urologic oncology, where he contributed to techniques for nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy and evaluated novel imaging modalities like optical coherence tomography for margin assessment. With over 500 total citations, Dangle’s research provides the evidence base that has enabled the safe expansion of robotic surgery into the most vulnerable pediatric populations, establishing him as a leading authority in pediatric robotic urology.
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- 10Robot‐assisted laparoscopic ureteric reimplantation: extravesical technique35 citations · 2014