Papers
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Total Citations
353
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About
Wenjie Jiao is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose research has significantly advanced the field of minimally invasive and robotic-assisted lung surgery. Working at the intersection of surgical oncology and emerging robotic technologies, Jiao has become a leading voice in defining best practices for robot-assisted thoracic procedures, particularly in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). His most celebrated contributions center on robotic sleeve lobectomy — a technically demanding procedure for centrally located tumors — with landmark comparative studies demonstrating its safety and efficacy relative to both thoracoscopic and open approaches, accumulating over 140 citations combined. Jiao was among the first to systematically characterize the learning curve for robotic lobectomy, providing a critical training framework adopted by surgeons worldwide. His work on robotic double-sleeve lobectomy and the first reported robotic circumferential tracheal resection further illustrate his appetite for surgical innovation at the frontier of complexity. More recently, Jiao has contributed meaningfully to anatomic pulmonary segmentectomy, exploring three-dimensional CT reconstruction as a precision planning tool. With nearly 320 total citations across his key publications, his body of work represents an authoritative and evolving roadmap for the future of robotic thoracic oncology.
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- 3Learning curve for robot-assisted lobectomy of lung cancer48 citations · 2019
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- 5Robotic-assisted double-sleeve lobectomy34 citations · 2017
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