Kyo Chul Koo

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Dr. Kyo Chul Koo is a prominent urologic surgeon and researcher whose work has significantly advanced the fields of robotic surgery, urologic oncology, and endourology. His research focuses on optimizing surgical outcomes for prostate and kidney cancers, with a particular emphasis on robot-assisted techniques. Dr. Koo has made major contributions to understanding the comparative effectiveness of robotic versus open surgery, demonstrating in a 5-year propensity-score matched analysis (19 citations) that robot-assisted radical prostatectomy offers comparable oncological outcomes to open surgery in the Korean population. His work on partial nephrectomy (63 citations) revealed that single-site robotic approaches may have inferior trifecta outcomes compared to multiport techniques, providing crucial guidance for surgical decision-making. Dr. Koo has also pioneered a simple plugging method to prevent postoperative inguinal hernia after robotic prostatectomy (23 citations), a practical innovation that has improved patient recovery. His research extends to postoperative care, where he identified opioid dosage as a key predictor of ileus following radical cystectomy (25 citations). Notably, Dr. Koo co-authored the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics’ official recommendations on urolithiasis management (22 citations, 2023), shaping national clinical guidelines. With over 250 total citations across his most-cited works, Dr. Koo’s research continues to influence surgical practice and improve outcomes for urologic patients.

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1. 1
   R-LESS Partial Nephrectomy Trifecta Outcome Is Inferior to Multiport Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Comparative Analysis

   63 citations · 2013
2. 2
   Analgesic Opioid Dose Is an Important Indicator of Postoperative Ileus Following Radical Cystectomy with Ileal Conduit: Experience in the Robotic Surgery Era

   25 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Feasibility of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for very-high risk prostate cancer: surgical and oncological outcomes in men aged ≥70 years

   24 citations · 2014
4. 4
   A Simple Procedure to Prevent Postoperative Inguinal Hernia after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Plugging Method of the Internal Inguinal Floor for Patients with Patent Processus Vaginalis

   23 citations · 2013
5. 5
   Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER) recommendation on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of urolithiasis

   22 citations · 2023
6. 6
   Urologic cancers in Korea

   22 citations · 2015
7. 7
   Laparoendoscopic Management of Midureteral Strictures

   20 citations · 2014
8. 8
   Robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy in the <scp>K</scp>orean population: A 5‐year propensity‐score matched comparative analysis versus open radical prostatectomy

   19 citations · 2014
9. 9
   Obesity Is Not Associated with Increased Operative Complications in Single-Site Robotic Partial Nephrectomy

   18 citations · 2015
10. 10
    Number of positive preoperative biopsy cores is a predictor of positive surgical margins ( <scp>PSM</scp> ) in small prostates after robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy ( <scp>RARP</scp> )

    17 citations · 2014

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