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About
Yun Jin Kang is an emerging surgical researcher whose work centers on minimally invasive and robotic approaches to thyroid surgery, with a particular focus on comparative effectiveness and patient safety. Through rigorous systematic reviews and meta-analyses, Kang has made meaningful contributions to the evidence base guiding modern thyroidectomy techniques, evaluating approaches that prioritize both oncological outcomes and cosmetic benefit for patients with thyroid tumors. Kang's most cited work, a 2022 systematic review and meta-analysis on transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT), has accumulated 33 citations and represents a landmark synthesis of safety and efficacy data across multiple global databases. Subsequent research in 2023 extended this comparative lens through a network meta-analysis examining surgical completeness across minimally invasive thyroidectomy techniques, and a dedicated meta-analysis of the bilateral axillo-breast approach — together garnering 26 additional citations. Collectively, these studies address a critical clinical question: which remote-access thyroidectomy technique best balances surgical precision with minimal complications. Kang's body of work is especially valuable to surgeons and trainees navigating the expanding landscape of robotic thyroid surgery, providing high-level evidence to inform technique selection in an increasingly patient-centered field.
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