Jin Sub Choi

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Jin Sub Choi is a pioneering South Korean hepatobiliary surgeon whose work has fundamentally shaped the adoption and refinement of robotic and minimally invasive liver surgery, both in Korea and globally. His research centers on robotic hepatectomy, laparoscopic liver resection, and living donor surgery, with a particular focus on demonstrating the feasibility, safety, and oncologic integrity of these technically demanding procedures. Choi's early contributions include one of the first Korean reports of robot-assisted choledochal cyst excision using the da Vinci system (2007, 51 citations) and robotic cholecystectomy, establishing a foundation for increasingly complex robotic hepatobiliary operations. His landmark 2012 study on 30 consecutive robotic liver resections (154 citations) helped legitimize robotic hepatectomy as a reproducible technique. He subsequently led multicenter investigations into laparoscopic major liver resection across Korean institutions and conducted rigorous comparative analyses — including propensity-score matching and learning curve assessments — between robotic, laparoscopic, and open approaches. Perhaps most notably, Choi advanced robotic living donor right hepatectomy, reporting outcomes from 52 consecutive cases (86 citations) and establishing benchmarks for donor safety in minimally invasive transplant surgery. With a body of work accumulating hundreds of citations, his contributions have significantly influenced international surgical practice guidelines and training paradigms.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Robotic liver resection: technique and results of 30 consecutive procedures

   154 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Robotic hepatectomy: the Korean experience and perspective

   99 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Outcomes of Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy From 52 Consecutive Cases

   86 citations · 2020
4. 4
   Robotic versus laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy of liver

   76 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Laparoscopic major liver resection in Korea: a multicenter study

   69 citations · 2012
6. 6
   A Case of Robot-assisted Excision of Choledochal Cyst, Hepaticojejunostomy, and Extracorporeal Roux-en-y Anastomosis Using the da Vinci Surgical System

   51 citations · 2007
7. 7
   Surgical outcomes after laparoscopic or robotic liver resection in hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity‐score matched analysis with conventional open liver resection

   42 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Comparison of surgical outcomes and learning curve for robotic versus laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy: A retrospective cohort study

   38 citations · 2022
9. 9
   Robotic major liver resections: Surgical outcomes compared with open major liver resections

   38 citations · 2021
10. 10
    The First Korean Experience of Telemanipulative Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Using the da Vinci System

    29 citations · 2007

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