Alejandra Yu Lee‐Mateus
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Total Citations
348
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About
Alejandro Yu Lee-Mateus is a pulmonologist and interventional bronchoscopist whose research has fundamentally advanced the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules, with a particular focus on robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) technologies. Working at the forefront of minimally invasive lung diagnostics, their most influential work — a 2022 comparative study amassing 91 citations — demonstrated that robotic-assisted bronchoscopy could rival the gold-standard CT-guided transthoracic biopsy in diagnosing suspicious pulmonary nodules, offering a safer alternative with fewer complications such as pneumothorax. Yu Lee-Mateus has systematically expanded this evidence base through landmark meta-analyses, multicentre trials, and targeted investigations into challenging nodule subtypes, including subsolid, ground-glass, and pleural-based lesions. Their 2024 network meta-analysis (42 citations) provided critical comparative data across all major bronchoscopic and percutaneous modalities, directly informing clinical practice guidelines. Notably, their work on integrating mobile cone-beam CT with shape-sensing robotic bronchoscopy for small nodules under 2 cm has addressed one of the field's most persistent diagnostic challenges. With over 300 cumulative citations across ten major publications in just three years, Yu Lee-Mateus has rapidly emerged as an essential voice shaping the future of early lung cancer detection.
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- 4Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy: a narrative review of systems32 citations · 2024
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- 10Accuracy of Preliminary Pathology for Robotic Bronchoscopic Biopsy11 citations · 2022