Masashi Honda
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35
Total Citations
388
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About
Masashi Honda is a urological surgeon and researcher whose work has significantly advanced the understanding and clinical implementation of robotic surgery, particularly in the treatment of prostate and bladder cancer. Based primarily in Japan, Honda has been instrumental in documenting the early adoption and refinement of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) within the Japanese healthcare system, contributing foundational case series and multi-institutional studies that helped establish evidence-based protocols for the procedure. Honda's most influential contributions center on optimizing surgical outcomes through careful preoperative planning, including pioneering the use of MRI-based anatomical measurements to predict surgical difficulty and guide the learning curve of robotic prostatectomy. His work on postoperative urinary incontinence, erectile function recovery, and biochemical recurrence following RARP has produced practical prognostic models that directly inform patient counseling and surgical decision-making. His 2017 review of robotic surgery's current status has garnered 37 citations, reflecting its broad relevance to the field. With research spanning pelvic lymphadenectomy strategies, positive surgical margin analysis, and robot-assisted cystectomy in elderly populations, Honda's body of work—accumulating over 200 citations—represents a comprehensive and clinically meaningful contribution to minimally invasive urological oncology.
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- 1Current status of robotic surgery in urology37 citations · 2017
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