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About
Zihui Tan is a leading thoracic surgeon whose research focuses on advancing minimally invasive surgical techniques for esophageal and lung cancers. His major contributions lie in rigorously comparing robotic-assisted surgery with conventional video-assisted and thoraco-laparoscopic approaches. In a landmark 2019 study (51 citations), he demonstrated that robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) offers comparable short-term outcomes to thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, providing crucial evidence for surgical decision-making. Tan has further shown the superiority of robotic lobectomy over video-assisted lobectomy for pulmonary neoplasms (15 citations) and established the effectiveness of robotic segmentectomy for small pulmonary nodules (14 citations). His prospective observational studies have been instrumental in defining the learning curve for robotic portal segmentectomy (5 citations) and validating robotic portal resection for mediastinal tumours (2 citations). By systematically evaluating these cutting-edge technologies, Tan has helped shape best practices in thoracic oncology, offering patients safer, more precise surgical options while guiding the next generation of surgeons through the adoption of robotic platforms.
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