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Total Citations
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About
Nobuhiko Sugano is a pioneering orthopedic surgeon and researcher whose career has fundamentally shaped the field of computer-assisted and robotic orthopedic surgery. Working at the intersection of surgical precision and emerging technology, Sugano has dedicated his research to advancing robotic systems for total hip arthroplasty (THA), accumulating over 875 citations across his most influential works. Sugano's most celebrated contributions center on the ROBODOC system, an active robotic platform for femoral implant preparation. Through a series of landmark comparative studies — including a prospective randomized trial comparing robotic milling against traditional hand-rasping techniques — he rigorously evaluated whether robotic precision translates into measurable clinical benefits. His 2013 review of computer-assisted orthopedic surgery systems (201 citations) remains a foundational reference in the field, while his 2003 overview (184 citations) helped establish the conceptual framework for CAOS broadly. Beyond hip arthroplasty, Sugano extended robotic principles to fracture reduction, developing FRAC-Robo, a novel six-degree-of-freedom robotic system for femoral fracture reduction guided by 3D CT modeling. His decade-long follow-up studies demonstrate a rare commitment to longitudinal evidence, making his body of work an essential resource for surgeons and engineers advancing the next generation of orthopedic robotics.
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- 2Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery184 citations · 2003
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- 5Effect of robotic milling on periprosthetic bone remodeling54 citations · 2007
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- 8Development of a femur fracture reduction robot36 citations · 2004
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