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Total Citations
661
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About
Dr. Masahiko Nakamoto is a pioneering urologic surgeon and researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of nephron-sparing surgery and image-guided interventions. His primary research areas include zero-ischemia partial nephrectomy, three-dimensional surgical navigation, and augmented reality visualization in endoscopic surgery. Dr. Nakamoto's most significant contribution is the development of the "zero ischemia" anatomical partial nephrectomy technique, which revolutionized kidney cancer surgery by eliminating the need to clamp the renal artery during tumor removal. His landmark 2012 paper on this approach has garnered 231 citations, while his complementary works on anatomic renal artery branch microdissection (141 citations) and three-dimensional reconstruction of renovascular-tumor anatomy (123 citations) have provided the technical foundation for this paradigm-shifting procedure. Beyond urologic oncology, Dr. Nakamoto has made notable contributions to surgical navigation technology, including the development of three-dimensional models displayed on the da Vinci console's TilePro function for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, and pioneering work in augmented reality visualization for endoscopic surgery. His comparative analysis of the da Vinci and Zeus robotic systems for distal gastrectomy represents an early and influential contribution to robotic surgery.
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- 1Zero Ischemia Anatomical Partial Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach231 citations · 2012
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- 4Current progress on augmented reality visualization in endoscopic surgery65 citations · 2012
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- 9Augmented Reality for Image-Guided Surgery in Urology3 citations · 2010