Koji Kawaguchi
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Total Citations
64
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About
Koji Kawaguchi is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose research centers on advancing robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and improving postoperative outcomes for lung cancer and myasthenia gravis patients. His most influential work includes a bilateral approach to extended thymectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System for myasthenia gravis (17 citations) and a prospective study validating the Mimic® dV-Trainer for robotic surgery training (16 citations). Kawaguchi has made significant contributions to understanding the learning curve of robotic lobectomy, demonstrating that certified thoracic surgeons can achieve proficiency efficiently (8 citations). He leads the Japanese RATS Interest Group (J-RATSIG), conducting multi-institutional prospective studies that compare RATS to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), notably finding that RATS may be inferior in postoperative pain reduction—a finding that prompted secondary analyses on uniportal VATS techniques (4 and 3 citations). His innovative surgical techniques include robotic-assisted muscle-sparing chest wall resection without thoracotomy (2 citations) and subcostal single-port robotic approaches for pediatric tumors (2 citations). With over 60 total citations, Kawaguchi’s work is shaping the future of minimally invasive thoracic surgery, emphasizing pain reduction, technical precision, and expanded indications for robotic approaches.
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