Suk Kyun Hong

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Dr. Suk Kyun Hong is a pioneering transplant surgeon whose work is redefining the boundaries of minimally invasive liver transplantation. His primary research focuses on developing and refining purely laparoscopic and robotic techniques for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), a field traditionally dominated by open surgery. Dr. Hong’s major contributions include demonstrating the feasibility of a purely laparoscopic explant hepatectomy combined with a hybrid laparoscopic/robotic graft implantation, a landmark procedure detailed in his most-cited 2021 paper (36 citations). He has further advanced the field by contributing to the first total robot-assisted recipient surgery, described in a 2023 study (20 citations), which represents a crucial step toward fully robotic liver transplantation. His work, including early experiences with pure laparoscopic techniques (13 citations), has established a new paradigm for recipient surgery, aiming to reduce recovery times and surgical trauma. Through these innovations, Dr. Hong is not only pushing the technical limits of transplant surgery but also laying the groundwork for a future where complex liver transplants are performed with the precision and minimal invasiveness of robotic systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Purely laparoscopic explant hepatectomy and hybrid laparoscopic/robotic graft implantation in living donor liver transplantation

   36 citations · 2021
2. 2
   Total robot‐assisted recipient's surgery in living donor liver transplantation: First step towards the future

   20 citations · 2023
3. 3
   Early experiences with developing techniques for pure laparoscopic explant hepatectomy in living donor liver transplantation

   13 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Pure laparoscopic or robotic liver transplantation: Feel the movement?

   5 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Editorial: Laparoscopic and Robotic Liver Surgery

   2 citations · 2022

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