Kiyohide Fushimi
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About
Kiyohide Fushimi is a leading health services researcher whose work centers on evaluating surgical outcomes and healthcare policy using large-scale national databases. His major contributions lie in assessing the safety, cost, and effectiveness of robot-assisted surgery across multiple oncological procedures. Fushimi has produced landmark population-based studies comparing robot-assisted prostatectomy, rectal surgery, gastrectomy, and cystectomy to laparoscopic and open approaches, often using Japan’s Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. His 2014 paper on robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (34 citations) was pivotal in demonstrating the safety of this technology during its initial national insurance coverage period. Fushimi has also conducted rare head-to-head comparisons of uro-oncological surgical practices between the USA and Japan. His work extends to evaluating surgical outcomes in vulnerable populations, such as octogenarians undergoing radical cystectomy, and assessing novel techniques like intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during esophagectomy. With multiple high-impact studies published between 2014 and 2024, Fushimi’s research provides critical evidence for surgical decision-making and healthcare resource allocation, making him an influential figure in surgical outcomes research and health policy evaluation.
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