Sara Pellegrini

University of Bologna, Ospedale per gli Infermi

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Sara Pellegrini is a pioneering surgical researcher whose work centers on advancing minimally invasive techniques in gastrointestinal and hernia surgery, with a particular focus on robotic-assisted procedures. Her major contributions lie in rigorously comparing robotic surgery outcomes against traditional open and laparoscopic approaches, providing critical evidence for surgical decision-making. Her landmark 2019 study on robotic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer, with 20 citations, demonstrated that robotic surgery achieves comparable oncologic outcomes to open surgery while significantly reducing postoperative complications—a finding that has helped validate robotic gastrectomy as a safe, effective alternative. More recently, her 2025 work on comparative learning curves for robotic versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, though early in citation impact, addresses the crucial question of surgical training efficiency, showing that robotic platforms may offer faster skill acquisition for complex procedures. Pellegrini’s research is notable for its methodologically rigorous propensity-score matched analyses, which strengthen the evidence base for adopting robotic surgery in challenging oncologic and hernia cases. Her work directly informs clinical practice by quantifying trade-offs between operative time, complication rates, and long-term outcomes, making her a key voice in the evolution of modern surgical oncology and hernia repair.