Etsuro Bando
Papers
16
Total Citations
342
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About
Etsuro Bando is a leading figure in the advancement of minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer, with a career dedicated to rigorously evaluating and refining robotic gastrectomy techniques. His research focuses on comparing the safety, efficacy, and long-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic approaches, particularly for early-stage disease. Bando’s major contributions include conducting pivotal phase II studies that established the feasibility of robot-assisted distal gastrectomy for clinical stage IA gastric cancer, and leading large-scale propensity score-matched analyses demonstrating the benefits of robotic surgery for patients with high visceral fat area. His work has been highly influential, with his most-cited paper on robotic surgery for gastric cancer accumulating 65 citations, and his comparative studies on robotic versus laparoscopic distal gastrectomy garnering 46 citations. Notably, Bando has also investigated specific technical refinements, such as preserving the infra-pyloric vein to prevent delayed gastric emptying, and identified obesity as a risk factor for internal hernia post-gastrectomy. Through his systematic, evidence-based approach, Bando has helped define the current role of robotics in gastric cancer surgery, providing crucial data that guides clinical decision-making and shapes best practices worldwide.
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- 1Robotic surgery for gastric cancer65 citations · 2015
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