Giampaolo Formisano

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Giampaolo Formisano is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Giampaolo Formisano has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Giampaolo Formisano's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (21 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (13 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers). Giampaolo Formisano is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (21 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (13 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers). Giampaolo Formisano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Giampaolo Formisano's co-authors include Luigi Angrisani, Antonella Santonicola, Paola Iovino, Hēnry Buchwald, Nicola Scopinaro, Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Giuseppe Spinoglio, Giuseppe Giuliani, Alessandra Marano and Ferruccio Ravazzoni and has published in prestigious journals such as World Journal of Gastroenterology, Annals of Surgical Oncology and Surgical Endoscopy.

In The Last Decade

Giampaolo Formisano

38 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2013

2015 1.1k citations Luigi Angrisani, Antonella Santonicola et al. Obesity Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giampaolo Formisano Italy	15	1.7k	484	414	358	245	41	1.8k
Bassem Safadi Lebanon	24	1.4k 0.8×	441 0.9×	273 0.7×	214 0.6×	115 0.5×	68	1.6k
Jakob Hedberg Sweden	19	922 0.6×	285 0.6×	320 0.8×	310 0.9×	95 0.4×	62	1.4k
Natán Zundel United States	20	2.1k 1.3×	556 1.1×	552 1.3×	102 0.3×	312 1.3×	58	2.3k
George Tzovaras Greece	30	2.2k 1.3×	968 2.0×	278 0.7×	451 1.3×	77 0.3×	108	2.4k
Erik B. Wilson United States	25	1.6k 1.0×	274 0.6×	327 0.8×	106 0.3×	145 0.6×	91	1.9k
Emma Patterson United States	9	1.1k 0.7×	277 0.6×	448 1.1×	89 0.2×	243 1.0×	13	1.5k
Alan C. Wittgrove United States	11	1.6k 1.0×	268 0.6×	589 1.4×	104 0.3×	261 1.1×	17	1.8k
Michael Larsen United States	20	1.2k 0.7×	642 1.3×	225 0.5×	446 1.2×	88 0.4×	59	1.3k
Christopher de Gara Canada	17	997 0.6×	235 0.5×	320 0.8×	81 0.2×	200 0.8×	37	1.3k
Nancy Mead Greece	14	1.2k 0.7×	307 0.6×	541 1.3×	245 0.7×	150 0.6×	18	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giampaolo Formisano

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Piccolo, Gaetano, et al.. (2025). Learning Curve of Robotic Liver Surgery: Preliminary Experience. Surgical Innovation. 1111175494–1111175494.

Ceretti, Andrea Pisani, Nicolò Maria Mariani, Marta Perego, et al.. (2024). Proposal of set-up standardization for general surgery procedures with the CMR Versius system, a new robotic platform: our initial experience. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 409(1). 107–107. 3 indexed citations

Formisano, Giampaolo, et al.. (2024). Robotic trans-abdominal retromuscular hernia repair for medium-sized midline hernias: midterm outcomes and surgical site occurrence (SSO) analysis in 120 patients. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 19(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations

Milone, Marco, Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Fabio Cianchi, et al.. (2024). Fashioning esophagogastric anastomosis in robotic Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy: a multicenter experience. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 409(1). 103–103.

Bianchi, Paolo Pietro, et al.. (2023). First worldwide report on Hugo RAS™ surgical platform in right and left colectomy. Updates in Surgery. 75(3). 775–780. 36 indexed citations

Vitiello, Antonio, Adam Abu-Abeid, Roberto Peltrini, et al.. (2022). Minimally Invasive Repair of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia: Multi-Institutional Retrospective Comparison of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 33(1). 69–73. 6 indexed citations

Peltrini, Roberto, Francesco Corcione, Daniela Pacella, et al.. (2022). Robotic versus laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approaches to bilateral hernia repair: a multicenter retrospective study using propensity score matching analysis. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(2). 1188–1193. 16 indexed citations

Formisano, Giampaolo, et al.. (2021). Update on Robotic Rectal Prolapse Treatment. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(8). 706–706. 6 indexed citations

Bianchi, Paolo Pietro, et al.. (2021). Bottom-up suprapubic approach for robotic right colectomy: technical aspects and preliminary outcomes. Minerva Surgery. 76(2). 129–137. 4 indexed citations

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Giuliani, Giuseppe, et al.. (2020). Full robotic Hartmann’s reversal: technical aspects and preliminary experience. Colorectal Disease. 22(11). 1734–1740. 5 indexed citations

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Angrisani, Luigi, et al.. (2020). Long-term results of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: 105 patients with minimum follow-up of 15 years. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 17(4). 727–736. 16 indexed citations

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Guaitoli, Eleonora, Gaetano Gallo, Luigi Conti, et al.. (2020). Consensus Statement of the Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC): Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis. Journal of Investigative Surgery. 34(10). 1089–1103. 13 indexed citations

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Guerra, Francesco, Giuseppe Giuliani, Giampaolo Formisano, et al.. (2018). Pancreatic Complications After Conventional Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy Versus Robotic Radical Gastrectomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 28(10). 1207–1215. 17 indexed citations

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Formisano, Giampaolo, et al.. (2017). Update on robotic surgery for rectal cancer treatment. Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery. 2(8). 132–132. 1 indexed citations

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Petz, Wanda, Dario Ribero, Emilio Bertani, et al.. (2017). Suprapubic approach for robotic complete mesocolic excision in right colectomy: Oncologic safety and short-term outcomes of an original technique. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 43(11). 2060–2066. 26 indexed citations

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Spinoglio, Giuseppe, Alessandra Marano, Paolo Pietro Bianchi, et al.. (2016). Robotic Right Colectomy with Modified Complete Mesocolic Excision: Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 23(S5). 684–691. 35 indexed citations

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Formisano, Giampaolo, et al.. (2016). Laparoscopic versus robotic right colectomy: technique and outcomes. Updates in Surgery. 68(1). 63–69. 29 indexed citations

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Angrisani, Luigi, Antonella Santonicola, Paola Iovino, et al.. (2015). Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2013. Obesity Surgery. 25(10). 1822–1832. 1125 indexed citations breakdown →

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D’Ugo, Stefano, Paolo Gentileschi, Domenico Benavoli, et al.. (2013). Comparative use of different techniques for leak and bleeding prevention during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A multicenter study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 10(3). 450–454. 83 indexed citations

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Guida, Francesca, A Antonino, Pierfranco Conté, et al.. (2009). Gastric cancer in elderly: clinico-pathological features and surgical treatment. BMC Geriatrics. 9(S1). 3 indexed citations

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