Papers
27
Total Citations
849
H-Index
15
About
Kit-Fai Lee is a leading hepatobiliary surgeon whose research has fundamentally advanced the field of minimally invasive liver surgery. His work centers on comparing robotic and laparoscopic techniques for complex hepatic resections, particularly for hepatocellular carcinoma. Lee’s major contributions include landmark propensity score-matched analyses demonstrating that robotic hepatectomy can achieve superior outcomes over laparoscopic approaches for major resections—such as right and extended right hepatectomy—with lower conversion rates and comparable morbidity. His 2022 study on robotic versus laparoscopic right hepatectomy (120 citations) and his 2023 analysis of robotic major hepatectomies (59 citations) are widely cited benchmarks. He also co-authored the influential Asia Pacific Consensus Statement on laparoscopic liver resection for HCC (94 citations), helping standardize global practice. Lee has published extensively on difficulty scoring systems and comparative effectiveness, with multiple papers exceeding 50 citations. His work from a single high-volume center and international multicenter collaborations provides robust evidence guiding surgical decision-making. For students and researchers, Lee’s research exemplifies rigorous comparative effectiveness methodology and has directly shaped the adoption of robotic techniques in liver surgery worldwide.
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- 6Laparoscopic and robotic hepatectomy: experience from a single centre59 citations · 2015
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- 9Robotic versus open hemihepatectomy: a propensity score-matched study39 citations · 2020
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