Hyeong Won Yu

About

Hyeong Won Yu is a distinguished surgical researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, endocrine surgery, and surgical technology innovation. His research has made substantial contributions to minimally invasive approaches for thyroid and adrenal surgery, with particular expertise in the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy — a technique he has helped refine, validate, and expand across multiple clinical contexts. Yu's most impactful work (102 citations) pioneered the use of deep learning to automatically evaluate surgical skill during robotic procedures, addressing a critical gap in objective training assessment. He has also advanced intraoperative safety through augmented reality systems for localizing the recurrent laryngeal nerve and indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for parathyroid identification during robotic thyroidectomy. His systematic review of adrenalectomy approaches (78 citations) has become an important reference for surgeons navigating evolving operative techniques. With contributions spanning surgical oncology, simulation-based training models, and computer-assisted surgery, Yu's cumulative citation record reflects broad influence across surgical disciplines. His body of work is particularly valuable for surgeons and researchers seeking to optimize robotic thyroid surgery outcomes while pushing the boundaries of technology-assisted operative innovation.

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Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Evaluation of Surgical Skills during Robotic Surgery by Deep Learning-Based Multiple Surgical Instrument Tracking in Training and Actual Operations

   102 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Intraoperative localization of the parathyroid glands with indocyanine green and Firefly(R) technology during BABA robotic thyroidectomy

   92 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Systematic Review of Surgical Approaches for Adrenal Tumors: Lateral Transperitoneal versus Posterior Retroperitoneal and Laparoscopic versus Robotic Adrenalectomy

   78 citations · 2014
4. 4
   Surgical safety and oncological completeness of robotic thyroidectomy for thyroid carcinoma larger than 2 cm

   58 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Robotic-assisted modified radical neck dissection using a bilateral axillo-breast approach (robotic BABA MRND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma with lateral lymph node metastasis

   44 citations · 2017
6. 6
   Vision-based tracking system for augmented reality to localize recurrent laryngeal nerve during robotic thyroid surgery

   30 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Comparative study of bilateral axillo-breast approach endoscopic and robotic thyroidectomy: propensity score matching analysis of large multi-institutional data

   24 citations · 2020
8. 8
   Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach vs. transoral robotic thyroidectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis

   23 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Robotic Completion Thyroidectomy via the Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach

   23 citations · 2021
10. 10
    Development of a surgical training model for bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy

    22 citations · 2017

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