Jeroen Meulemans

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Jeroen Meulemans is a leading head and neck surgeon whose research focuses on advancing minimally invasive surgical techniques, particularly transoral robotic surgery (TORS), for treating complex head and neck cancers. His major contributions center on expanding TORS applications, including its use in salvage surgery for recurrent tumors after radiotherapy, as demonstrated in his landmark international cohort study (RECUT, 29 citations) and Belgian multicenter case series (38 citations). Meulemans has pioneered innovative adjuvant approaches, such as postoperative photodynamic therapy for positive margins after salvage TORS (24 citations), and has systematically evaluated the feasibility of the da Vinci Xi system for TORS (21 citations). His work on prognostic factors in salvage laryngeal surgery (22 citations) and changing paradigms for hypopharyngeal cancer treatment (9 citations) has influenced clinical decision-making. With over 160 total citations across his top papers, Meulemans has also explored remote-access robotic thyroidectomy and precision in transoral microsurgery, demonstrating a commitment to pushing surgical boundaries while improving functional and oncologic outcomes for patients with challenging head and neck malignancies.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Up-front and Salvage Transoral Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer: A Belgian Multicenter Retrospective Case Series

   38 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Transoral Robotic Surgery for Recurrent Tumors of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract (RECUT): An International Cohort Study

   29 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Postoperative photodynamic therapy as a new adjuvant treatment after robot-assisted salvage surgery of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue

   24 citations · 2015
4. 4
   Salvage surgery for residual or recurrent laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma after (Chemo)radiotherapy: Oncological outcomes and prognostic factors

   22 citations · 2021
5. 5
   Transoral robotic surgery (<scp>TORS</scp>) using the da Vinci Xi: prospective analysis of feasibility, safety, and outcomes

   21 citations · 2021
6. 6
   Primary Treatment of T1–T2 Hypopharyngeal Cancer: Changing Paradigms

   9 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Remote‐access robotic thyroidectomy: A systematic review

   8 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Early experience in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for non-oropharyngeal head and neck malignancies: a review of functional and oncologic outcomes.

   7 citations · 2015
9. 9
   New Developments in Surgery for Malignant Salivary Gland Tumors

   3 citations · 2023
10. 10
    Experimental Assessment of Positioning Precision During Free-Hand and Robot-Assisted Tool Manipulation in Transoral Microsurgery Model

    3 citations · 2024

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