Papers
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Total Citations
1,542
H-Index
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About
Jandee Lee is a pioneering surgical researcher whose work has fundamentally shaped the field of robotic thyroid surgery. Based at Yonsei University, Lee has dedicated his career to advancing minimally invasive approaches to thyroidectomy, particularly championing the gasless transaxillary robotic technique as a superior alternative to conventional open surgery. Lee's most influential contributions focus on rigorously evaluating robotic thyroidectomy across multiple dimensions — oncological outcomes, patient quality of life, postoperative pain, voice function, and cosmesis. His landmark 2010 study comparing open and robotic thyroidectomy (246 citations) established an early evidence base for the technique's clinical equivalence and cosmetic advantages, while his multicenter learning curve analysis (172 citations) provided crucial guidance for surgeons adopting the approach. His 2013 comparative analysis demonstrated that robotic thyroidectomy with modified radical neck dissection delivers comparable oncological results even in patients with lateral lymph node metastases. Perhaps most impressively, Lee's 2017 report on 5,000 gasless transaxillary robotic thyroidectomies at Yonsei represents one of the largest single-institution series in surgical literature, cementing his status as a global authority in robotic endocrine surgery. With over 1,150 cumulative citations across his top publications, Lee's work continues to define best practices in modern thyroid surgery.
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- 2The Learning Curve for Robotic Thyroidectomy: A Multicenter Study172 citations · 2010
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- 8Robotic Thyroidectomy and Neck Dissection78 citations · 2013
- 9Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies75 citations · 2017
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