Papers
9
Total Citations
321
H-Index
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About
Dr. Joon Seong Park is a pioneering hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon whose work has fundamentally shaped the adoption of robotic and laparoscopic techniques in complex abdominal surgery. His research focuses on minimally invasive approaches to liver resection, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and distal pancreatectomy, with a particular emphasis on defining learning curves and establishing safety benchmarks. Dr. Park’s landmark 2008 paper on robotic-assisted laparoscopic liver resection (103 citations) was among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of the da Vinci system for hepatic surgery, while his multicenter study of 1,009 laparoscopic major liver resections in Korea (69 citations) provided crucial evidence for the safety and efficacy of these techniques. His comparative analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy (76 citations) helped clarify the relative merits of each approach. More recently, Dr. Park has led groundbreaking work on robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy, including a large series of 630 consecutive cases and long-term oncologic outcomes comparing robotic to open surgery for pancreatic cancer. His 2023 benchmark values for open major anatomic liver resection provide essential reference standards for the field. With over 320 total citations, Dr. Park continues to advance the frontiers of minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery.
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Top Papers
- 1Early Experiences of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Liver Resection103 citations · 2008
- 2Robotic versus laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy of liver76 citations · 2016
- 3Laparoscopic major liver resection in Korea: a multicenter study69 citations · 2012
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