Yasuaki Kubouchi
Papers
8
Total Citations
150
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About
Yasuaki Kubouchi is a pioneering thoracic surgeon whose career has been defined by an unwavering commitment to advancing minimally invasive surgical techniques for lung cancer and mediastinal disease. His research sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopy, and oncological outcomes, positioning him as one of Japan's foremost authorities on robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS). Kubouchi's most celebrated contributions include landmark comparative studies demonstrating the medium-term survival equivalence and lymph node dissection advantages of RATS over conventional video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), work that has collectively attracted over 74 citations. Particularly notable is his 2012 report of a successful robotic bronchoplastic lobectomy — a technically demanding procedure that garnered 29 citations and helped establish the feasibility of complex robotic resections. His 2017 learning curve analysis offered rare early insight into RATS implementation in Japan, where institutional adoption lagged behind Western counterparts. Beyond lung cancer, Kubouchi documented Japan's first robotic extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis with thymoma, further broadening his surgical legacy. His longitudinal body of work — spanning feasibility studies to long-term survival analyses — has meaningfully shaped the evidence base guiding minimally invasive thoracic surgery practice across Japan and internationally.
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- 3A Successful Case of Robotic Bronchoplastic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer29 citations · 2012
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- 7Current status of robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in Japan4 citations · 2020
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