Wooil Kwon

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Wooil Kwon is a distinguished surgical researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of minimally invasive hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. His research centers on laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques for complex abdominal procedures, with particular expertise in choledochal cyst excision, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and gallbladder cancer treatment. Kwon's early landmark contribution—a 2012 study documenting laparoscopic choledochal cyst excision in 82 consecutive patients (57 citations)—established critical benchmarks for this technically demanding procedure. He subsequently pioneered comparative analyses between laparoscopic and robotic hepaticojejunostomy techniques, rigorously evaluating how emerging robotic platforms could improve upon already-sophisticated surgical workflows. His investigations into hybrid pancreaticoduodenectomy helped define the learning curve surgeons face when adopting robotic-assisted approaches, while his development of the PD-ROBOSCORE (34 citations) provided the field with a standardized difficulty assessment tool to facilitate safer procedural implementation. Kwon has also championed minimally invasive approaches for gallbladder cancer, demonstrating in multiple studies that robotic extended cholecystectomy achieves sound oncologic safety even in advanced-stage disease. With a body of work accumulating over 280 citations, Kwon's research has materially shaped how surgeons worldwide approach some of the most technically challenging operations in abdominal surgery.

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1. 1
   Laparoscopic excision of a choledochal cyst in 82 consecutive patients

   57 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Comparison of surgical outcomes of intracorporeal hepaticojejunostomy in the excision of choledochal cysts using laparoscopic versus robot techniques

   35 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Early experience of laparoscopic and robotic hybrid pancreaticoduodenectomy

   35 citations · 2017
4. 4
   The PD-ROBOSCORE: A difficulty score for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy

   34 citations · 2023
5. 5
   Robotic extended cholecystectomy in gallbladder cancer

   29 citations · 2020
6. 6
   Early outcomes of robotic extended cholecystectomy for the treatment of gallbladder cancer

   27 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Perioperative and oncologic outcome of robot-assisted minimally invasive (hybrid laparoscopic and robotic) pancreatoduodenectomy: based on pancreatic fistula risk score and cancer/staging matched comparison with open pancreatoduodenectomy

   25 citations · 2020
8. 8
   A retrospective multicentre study on the evaluation of perioperative outcomes of single‐port robotic cholecystectomy comparing the Xi and SP versions of the da Vinci robotic surgical system

   15 citations · 2021
9. 9
   ROBOT‐assisted pancreatoduodenectomy in 300 consecutive cases: Annual trend analysis and propensity score‐matched comparison of perioperative and long‐term oncologic outcomes with the open method

   15 citations · 2021
10. 10
    Oncologic safety of robotic extended cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer

    13 citations · 2023

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