
Dr. Fabio Ausania is Head of the Pancreatobiliary and Robotic Surgery at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. PhD in pancreatic cancer, expert in HPB surgery and liver transplantation. He is Senior Researcher at FRCB-IDIBAPS with 3 national awards and Professor at University of Barcelona.
He has previously headed several innovation projects in the field of robotics and computational analysis.
He is author of > 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He is the IP of the Prehabilitation study.
Selected publications from PubMed
Morphology-Based Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis Across Europe: Toward the Next Generation of Unified Guidelines.
Van Veldhuisen CL, Leseman CA, De Rijk FEM, Marques-Antunes JC, Ausania F, Belyaev O, Berrevoet F, Boermeester M, Boggi U, Bouwense SA, Bruno MJ, Busch OR, Conlon KC, Dokmak S, Falconi M, Ghorbani P, Gryspeerdt F, Haen R, Ibrahimli A, Izbicki JR, Krikke C, Kokkola A, Marique L, Mieog JSD, Nappo G, Pavulans J, Plaudis H, Roeyen G, Scognamiglio P, Tamburrino D, Tholfsen T, Toschka M, Uzunoglu FG, Van Dieren S, Van Eijck CHJ, van Hooft JE, Van Santvoort HC, Verdonk RC, Voermans RP, Waage A, Besselink MG, Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group (DSPG) and the Scientific and Research Committee of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA)
Ann Surg. 2026 Sep 4 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007202.
Impact of learning phase on complications and oncological quality in robotic left-sided pancreatectomy: A multicenter international analysis.
Malik AK, Chikkala B, Heslin R, Tingle SJ, Ramage C, Kho J, Hamady Z, Arshad A, Bari H, Sheel A, Baron R, Dunne D, Pencavel T, Lahiri R, Bhogal R, Kotecha K, Samra J, Mittal A, Ausania F, González-Abos C, Timmermann L, Pratschke J, Hor HY, Tan PH, Fong ZV, French JJ, Ahmad J, Ramia JM, White SA, Pandanaboyana S
Surgery. 2026 Sep;197:110375 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2026.110375.
Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy Carries Greater Risk of Morbidity after Conversion than Laparoscopy: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis in the E-MIPS Registry.
Bertrand T, Baggerman van Houweninge CE, Bjornsson B, Piardi T, Keck T, van den Boezem P, Burgdorf S, Ausania F, Bratlie SO, Petric M, Ruess DA, Roeyen G, D'Hondt M, Molenaar IQ, Jorba R, van Santvoort H, Pando E, Pencavel T, Sparrelid E, Besselink MG, Dokmak S, Hilal MA, European consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (E-MIPS)
Ann Surg. 2026 May 14 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007089.
Minimally Invasive Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy in Obese Patients: Factors Related to Clinically Relevant Pancreatic Fistula.
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
Int J Med Robot. 2025 Aug;21(4):e70091 doi: 10.1002/rcs.70091.
The Brescia internationally validated European guidelines on minimally invasive liver surgery.
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, Kito Fusai G, 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
Br J Surg. 2025 May 31;112(6) doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf113.
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