Papers
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Total Citations
1,581
H-Index
26
About
Young Min Park is a pioneering head and neck surgeon whose research has fundamentally advanced the field of minimally invasive oncological surgery, particularly through his extensive work on transoral robotic surgery (TORS). His scholarship centers on organ-preserving surgical approaches for laryngeal, hypopharyngeal, and oropharyngeal cancers, areas where he has consistently demonstrated that robotic techniques can match or surpass conventional methods while dramatically reducing treatment-related morbidity and improving patient quality of life. Park's early landmark papers from 2009 established the feasibility of TORS for laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers, overcoming the critical "line of sight" limitations inherent in classical transoral approaches. These foundational contributions have collectively accumulated hundreds of citations, with his top work alone exceeding 150 citations. His subsequent prospective studies comparing TORS against conventional and mandibulotomy approaches for tonsillar cancer provided rigorous oncological and functional outcome data, lending strong clinical credibility to robotic techniques. Park further expanded the field by pioneering robot-assisted neck dissection via retroauricular and facelift approaches, eliminating visible scarring for patients. His body of work, spanning supraglottic partial laryngectomy to comprehensive three-year outcome analyses, has made him an essential reference point for surgeons and researchers worldwide navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of robotic head and neck oncology.
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- 1Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) in Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer151 citations · 2009
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