Papers
11
Total Citations
557
H-Index
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About
Mark W. Onaitis is a pioneering thoracic surgeon and researcher whose work has fundamentally shaped the modern landscape of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. His primary research focuses on optimizing surgical techniques for esophageal cancer and lung cancer, with a particular emphasis on comparing outcomes between open, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and robotic approaches. His landmark 2016 population-based analysis of minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy (160 citations) and his study of minimally invasive lobectomy for stage I lung cancer using the National Cancer Data Base (149 citations) have provided critical evidence supporting the adoption of less invasive techniques. Onaitis also played a key role in establishing standardized definitions and nomenclature for robotic thoracic surgery through a 2017 consensus statement (74 citations). His work consistently demonstrates that minimally invasive approaches can achieve equivalent or superior oncologic outcomes with reduced morbidity. Beyond his comparative effectiveness research, he has contributed to the evolution of thoracic surgery through conceptual frameworks like "Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 3.0" (55 citations) and has advanced the field of robotic benign esophageal procedures. His contributions to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database underscore his commitment to evidence-based surgical practice.
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- 4Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 3.055 citations · 2017
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- 6Minimally invasive and robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.30 citations · 2014
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- 9Robotic Benign Esophageal Procedures9 citations · 2014
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