E074 – Technological innovation in surgery

Lines of research

• Robotic surgery for pancreatic cancer.
• Computational fluid dynamics for predicting vascular flow in the abdomen.
• Artificial intelligence in predicting outcomes in robotic surgery.
• Computer vision as an aid in complex robotic surgery.

Leader
Ausania, Fabio

Members
González Abós, Carolina
Ladra González, María Jesús

• González-Abós C, Reyes LG, Lorenzo C, Ausania F. MyIntuitive telemetry identifies proficiency thresholds in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surg Endosc 2026. doi: 10.1007/s00464-026-12591-1.
• López-Novo A, Amigo J, Dacal A, Remedios-Espino D, Cubiella J, Álvarez-Sánchez MV, Ladra-González MJ, Fernández-López F, Álvarez-Castro A, Carlés S, Cameselle-Teijeiro JM, Cuatrecasas M, Balaguer F, Castellví-Bel S, Fernández-Rozadilla C, Carracedo Á, Ruiz-Ponte C. Integration of multi-omics data uncovers novel germline susceptibility candidates in early-onset colorectal cancer. Eur J Hum Genet 2026. doi: 10.1038/s41431-025-02004-7
• Dorcaratto D, Garcés-Albir M, Palomares-Casasús S, Sánchez-Cabús S, Suárez-Artacho G, Jorba-Martín R, Blanco-Fernández G, Cugat-Andorra E, Ausania F, Fondevila-Campo C, Ramia-Ángel JM, Sánchez-Hidalgo JM, Serrablo-Requejo A, Martín-Pérez E, De la Hoz-Rodríguez Á, Muñoz-Forner E, Mora-Oliver I, Rodríguez-Blanco M, Cepeda-Franco C, Memba R, Sabater-Ortí L. Blumgart anastomosis versus invaginating pancreatogastrostomy for reconstruction after pancreatoduodenectomy: A randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg 2025;282(5):699–708. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006873
• Tinguely P, Hidalgo Salinas C, Staubli SM, Raptis DA, Fusai GK, Pancreasgroup.org collaborators. Analysis of short-term outcomes in pancreatic surgery with vascular resection from a prospective multicenter global study. Ann Surg Oncol 2025;32(12):8870–8880. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17911-8
• Abu Hilal M, Uijterwijk BA, Lemmers DHL, Janssen BV, Besselink MG, Bianchi D, Fariña A, Fukushima N, Gill AJ, Hong SM, Krasinskas A, Luchini C, Melocchi L, Rossi G, Scarpa A, Basturk O, Chatterjee D, Chou A, Esposito I, Feakins R, Verbeke C. The Brescia international multidisciplinary consensus guidelines on the optimal pathology assessment and multidisciplinary pathways of non-pancreatic neoplasms in and around the ampulla of Vater (PERIPAN). United European Gastroenterol J 2025;13(7):1048–1068. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.70074
• Ausania F, Landi F, González-Abós C, Martinie JB, Vrochides D, Walsh M, Hossain SM, White S, Prabakaran V, Melstrom LG, Fong Y, Butturini G, Bignotto L, Valle V, Bing Y, Xiu D, Franco GD, Sanchez-Bueno F, de’Angelis N, Laurent A, Giuliani G, Pernazza G, Esposito A, Salvia R, Bazzocchi F, Esposito L, Pietrabissa A, Pugliese L, Rios J, Coratti A, Morelli L, Giulianotti PC. Minimally invasive spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy in obese patients: Factors related to clinically relevant pancreatic fistula. Int J Med Robot 2025;21(4):e70091. doi: 10.1002/rcs.70091
• Abu Hilal M, Hoogteijling TJ, Edwin B, Dagher I, D’Hondt M, Marques HP, Swijnenburg RJ, Boggi U, Sucandy I, Ferrero A, Marsman H, Troisi RI, Gumbs AA, Aldrighetti LA, Cherqui D, Alseidi A, Croner R, Rotellar F, Scatton O, Al Saati H, Berardi G, Cillo U, Cipriani F, Ciria R, Cugat E, Di Benedetto F, Diaz-Nieto R, Duncan T, Efanov M, Ettore GM, Fondevila C, Fretland AA, Giuliante F, Hagendoorn J, Han HS, Honda G, Lesurtel M, Lodge P, Lopez Ben S, Memeo R, Menon K, Rashidian N, Ratti F, Robles Campos R, Russolillo N, Ruzzenente A, Santoyo J, Schmelzle M, Sgarbura O, Sutcliffe RP, Teh CSC, Vivarelli M, Wakabayashi G, White S, Pearce N, Angelico R, Bannone E, Benedetti Cacciaguerra A, Bozkurt E, Conticchio M, El Adel S, Famularo S, Guerra M, Kuemmerli C, Lopez-Lopez V, Pardo Aranda F, Pilz da Cunha G, Primavesi F, Saeidi S, Sheel ARG, Sijberden JP, Sucameli F, Taliente F, Veronesi T, Ahmad J, Alfieri S, Ausania F, Baiocchi G, Berti S, Besselink MG, Daradkeh S, De Carlis L, Delvecchio A, Dervenis C, Dokmak S, Ferrari C, Fusai GK, Geller D, Goh BKP, Guglielmi A, Iannitti D, Jaradat D, Jovine E, Kuo-Hsin C, Liu R, Marudanayagam R, Mocchegiani F, Panaro F, Pinna A, Portolani N, Saleh O, Sallemi C, Serrablo A, Smadi S, Suhool A, Taylor MA, van Gulik TM, Siriwardena AK, Asbun HJ. The Brescia internationally validated European guidelines on minimally invasive liver surgery. Br J Surg 2025;112(6). doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf113.
• Bruna CL, van Ramshorst T, van Hilst J, Balduzzi A, Koerkamp BG, Dokmak S, Busch OR, Berrevoet F, Ramera M, Edwin B, Boggi U, Festen S, Wittel UA, Balsells J, Sergeant G, Ferrari G, Biesel EA, Luyer MDP, van den Boezem PB, Lopez-Ben S, Petrič M, Soonawalla Z, de Wilde R, Aussilhou B, Besselink MG, Abu Hilal M. Robot-assisted and laparoscopic extended left pancreatectomy: A pan-European multicenter propensity-score matched analysis. Ann Surg 2025. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006812.