Daisuke Tochii

Fujita Health University Hospital, Fujita Health University, Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center

Papers

Total Citations

138

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About

Daisuke Tochii is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose research has significantly advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques for anterior mediastinal and thoracic conditions, with a particular focus on thymectomy. His most influential contributions center on the development and refinement of subxiphoid surgical approaches, which eliminate the need for traditional median sternotomy and reduce patient trauma. Tochii was instrumental in establishing both single-port thymectomy and trans-subxiphoid robotic thymectomy using the da Vinci surgical system, innovations that have collectively garnered over 125 citations and reshaped clinical practice in thoracic surgery worldwide. His 2015 paper introducing trans-subxiphoid robotic thymectomy and his 2016 comparative study of single-port and robot-assisted approaches remain landmark references in the field. More recently, Tochii has extended his expertise to emerging robotic platforms, reporting the first major lung resection using the hinotori™ surgical robot system and advancing uniportal robotic thymectomy with the da Vinci Xi system. His longitudinal work spanning over a decade and encompassing 268 patients demonstrates a sustained commitment to improving surgical safety, feasibility, and patient outcomes in minimally invasive thoracic surgery.