Patrick Tuliao

About

Dr. Patrick Tuliao is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher whose work has significantly advanced the field of robotic kidney and prostate surgery. His primary research focuses on optimizing surgical techniques for partial nephrectomy, particularly through the comparative analysis of clamping methods—off-clamp, selective arterial, and main artery clamp—to preserve renal function. His landmark 2014 study on this topic (66 citations) demonstrated equivalent renal outcomes across techniques, challenging conventional practices. Dr. Tuliao has also been a pioneer in robotic laparoendoscopic single-site (R-LESS) surgery, with multiple highly cited papers (63 and 62 citations) comparing its outcomes to multiport approaches, revealing that R-LESS may yield inferior Trifecta outcomes for partial nephrectomy. His work extends to radical prostatectomy, where a propensity-matched analysis (19 citations) confirmed the oncological safety of robot-assisted procedures in Korean populations. Additionally, he has investigated the impact of obesity on surgical complications (18 citations) and the predictive value of biopsy cores for positive margins (17 citations). With over 280 total citations across his most-cited works, Dr. Tuliao’s contributions have shaped modern minimally invasive urologic oncology, providing evidence-based guidance for surgeons worldwide.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Renal function is the same 6 months after robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy regardless of clamp technique: analysis of outcomes for off‐clamp, selective arterial clamp and main artery clamp techniques, with a minimum follow‐up of 1 year

   66 citations · 2014
2. 2
   R-LESS Partial Nephrectomy Trifecta Outcome Is Inferior to Multiport Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Comparative Analysis

   63 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Completely Endophytic Renal Tumors: Complications and Functional and Oncologic Outcomes During a 4-Year Median Period of Follow-up

   62 citations · 2014
4. 4
   Robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy in the <scp>K</scp>orean population: A 5‐year propensity‐score matched comparative analysis versus open radical prostatectomy

   19 citations · 2014
5. 5
   Obesity Is Not Associated with Increased Operative Complications in Single-Site Robotic Partial Nephrectomy

   18 citations · 2015
6. 6
   Number of positive preoperative biopsy cores is a predictor of positive surgical margins ( <scp>PSM</scp> ) in small prostates after robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy ( <scp>RARP</scp> )

   17 citations · 2014
7. 7
   Robot-Assisted Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Partial Nephrectomy With the Novel Da Vinci Single-Site Platform: Initial Experience

   17 citations · 2014
8. 8
   Current status of robotic laparoendoscopic single‐site partial nephrectomy

   8 citations · 2014
9. 9
   New technologies in robotic surgery

   7 citations · 2013
10. 10
    Endophytic tumours do not constitute a barrier to robotic partial nephrectomy

    4 citations · 2014

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