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Total Citations
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About
Sung Yong Cho is a urological surgeon and researcher whose work spans robotic surgery, endourology, and urological oncology. He has made particularly significant contributions to the emerging field of robotic flexible ureteroscopy, helping to define the clinical potential and limitations of platforms such as easyUretero and Zamenix R through both preclinical porcine models and prospective clinical trials. His 2022 review on robotic retrograde intrarenal surgery (34 citations) has become a key reference for surgeons navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. Cho has also advanced understanding of prostate cancer surgery outcomes, examining how prostate volume and surgical margin status influence oncological and functional results following radical prostatectomy across open and robotic-assisted approaches — work that collectively spans dozens of citations and hundreds of patients across multicenter Korean cohorts. His contribution to the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics' evidence-based urolithiasis guidelines (22 citations) reflects his role as a trusted voice in national clinical policy. With roots in vision-guided biomedical robotics dating to 2004, Cho represents a career-long commitment to translating robotic innovation into meaningful patient outcomes across urology.
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- 1Robotic Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery: A Journey from “Back to the Future”34 citations · 2022
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- 8Vision-guided micromanipulation system for biomedical application11 citations · 2004
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