Papers
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Total Citations
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About
Shiguang Xu is a thoracic surgeon and clinical researcher whose work has been instrumental in advancing minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgical techniques for complex chest and mediastinal conditions. Based at the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Xu has focused his career on applying the da Vinci Surgical System to challenging thoracic procedures, including the resection of retrosternal goiters, mediastinal masses, and pulmonary nodules. His most-cited work, a 2013 case study describing a novel combined cervical and robot-assisted approach for removing a huge retrosternal goiter, demonstrated the transformative potential of robotic technology for anatomically demanding surgeries and has garnered 15 citations. Xu has further contributed comparative analyses between robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), providing clinicians with evidence-based insights into short- and long-term outcomes for non-small cell lung cancer patients. His 2018 survival analysis of 347 stage I NSCLC patients underscores his commitment to outcomes research at scale. More recently, a multi-center study on optimized right upper lobectomy procedures reflects his growing influence on standardizing best practices across institutions. Collectively, his publications have accumulated nearly 50 citations, establishing him as a meaningful contributor to the evolving field of robotic thoracic surgery.
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- 4Robotic thoracic surgery of the posterior superior mediastinal mass.5 citations · 2015
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- 8Robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy.2 citations · 2015
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