Kenichi Nakamura
Fujita Health University, Fujita Health University Hospital, Shizuoka Cancer Center
Papers
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Total Citations
316
H-Index
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About
Kenichi Nakamura is a surgical oncologist and robotics researcher whose work spans minimally invasive gastric cancer surgery and next-generation robotic surgical systems. Based primarily at a Japanese institution, Nakamura has made substantial contributions to understanding the comparative outcomes of laparoscopic versus robotic gastrectomy, with his most-cited work (52 citations) identifying non-robotic minimally invasive gastrectomy as an independent risk factor for postoperative intra-abdominal infectious complications. His research has been instrumental in establishing the oncological and safety advantages of robotic gastrectomy, including standardizing training pathways for second-generation robotic surgeons within Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery guidelines. Notably, Nakamura has pioneered clinical investigation of Japan's domestically developed hinotori™ Surgical Robot System, contributing foundational preclinical data (45 citations) and comparative clinical analyses against the da Vinci platform in both gastric and rectal surgery. An earlier interdisciplinary contribution to autonomous mobile robotics (24 citations) reflects his broad technical curiosity. With collectively hundreds of citations across a decade of work, Nakamura represents a critical voice in advancing evidence-based adoption of surgical robotics within Japanese and global oncologic surgery communities.
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- 6A car transportation system using multiple mobile robots: iCART II24 citations · 2011
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