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About
Tong Qiu is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose research has fundamentally advanced the field of robotic-assisted lung surgery, with a particular focus on complex oncological procedures for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer. Working at the frontier of minimally invasive thoracic surgery, Qiu has built a distinguished body of work demonstrating that robotic platforms can safely and effectively perform technically demanding operations — including bronchial sleeve lobectomy, double-sleeve lobectomy combining bronchoplasty with pulmonary arterial angioplasty, and even circumferential tracheal resection — procedures historically reserved for open surgery. His most cited work, a propensity score–weighted comparison of robotic, thoracoscopic, and open sleeve lobectomy approaches (84 citations), provided rigorous evidence supporting robotic techniques as a viable alternative. Qiu has also made significant contributions to surgical training, systematically defining the learning curve for robotic lobectomy across 208 consecutive patients to guide future surgeons. His long-term oncologic outcome data for 104 patients further established the procedure's oncological feasibility. Most recently, his work on robot-assisted single lung transplantation signals an ambitious expansion of robotic surgery's boundaries, collectively accumulating over 275 citations and inspiring a new generation of minimally invasive thoracic surgeons worldwide.
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- 3Learning curve for robot-assisted lobectomy of lung cancer48 citations · 2019
- 4Robotic-assisted double-sleeve lobectomy34 citations · 2017
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- 9Robot-assisted single lung transplantation7 citations · 2023