Noriaki Sakakura
Papers
6
Total Citations
35
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4
About
Dr. Noriaki Sakakura is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose work centers on refining robotic lung resection techniques to improve patient outcomes and reduce postoperative pain. His major contributions include the development of the "robotic open-thoracotomy-view approach" (OTVA), which uses vertical port placement and a confronting monitor setting to replicate the familiar visual perspective of open thoracotomy during minimally invasive robotic surgery. This innovation addresses a key ergonomic and technical challenge in robotic lung resection. Dr. Sakakura has also led the Japanese RATS interest group 01 (J-RATSIG 01), a landmark prospective multi-institutional study comparing robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer, with findings on postoperative pain reduction and the clinical value of uniportal VATS. His work has garnered over 35 citations, with key papers detailing port placement variations, emergency rollout procedures, and segmentectomy techniques. Dr. Sakakura’s research is instrumental in shaping safer, more effective, and patient-centered approaches to thoracic surgery.
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