Kuo‐Hsuan Chang
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About
Dr. Kuo‐Hsuan Chang is a pioneering microsurgeon and robotic surgeon whose work centers on the devastating complication of compensatory sweating (CS) following thoracic sympathectomy. His primary research area is the reconstruction of the sympathetic trunk, a field he has helped transform from open surgery into a precise, robotic-assisted microsurgical discipline. Dr. Chang’s major contributions include demonstrating the technical feasibility of microsurgical robotic suturing for nerve grafts and proving the long-term efficacy of robotic sympathetic trunk reconstruction (STR) for reversing CS, with his 2023 case series reporting two-year outcomes. His most cited work (2020, 24 citations) established the foundational technique for sural nerve grafting in this context. More recently, he achieved a landmark “first-in-human” application of robotic vascularized intercostal nerve grafts, addressing the critical challenge of extensive nerve defects exceeding 10 cm. With a growing body of work that traces a 40-year journey from open to robotic surgery (2025), Dr. Chang is not only refining surgical techniques but also offering a tangible solution to a condition that has long impaired quality of life for thousands of patients worldwide.
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