Tiing-Foong Siow

About

Dr. Tiing-Foong Siow is a leading hepatobiliary surgeon whose research focuses on advancing minimally invasive liver surgery, particularly through comparative analyses of robotic and laparoscopic techniques. His major contributions center on defining the safety, efficacy, and difficulty of these approaches for complex liver resections, including major hepatectomies and resections of challenging posterosuperior segments. His most cited work, a 2023 propensity-score matched analysis comparing robotic and laparoscopic major hepatectomies (59 citations), provides critical evidence on the potential superiority of robotic methods. Dr. Siow has also systematically investigated the impact of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension on surgical outcomes, with multiple 2023 studies (totaling over 30 citations) clarifying how these conditions affect procedural difficulty and patient recovery. His seminal 2018 review on laparoscopic donor hepatectomy (19 citations) remains a key reference in the field. By establishing global benchmarks for procedures like laparoscopic right posterior sectionectomy, Dr. Siow’s research directly guides surgical decision-making and sets quality standards, making him a pivotal figure in the evolution of minimally invasive liver surgery.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Propensity-score Matched and Coarsened-exact Matched Analysis Comparing Robotic and Laparoscopic Major Hepatectomies

   59 citations · 2023
2. 2
   Propensity Score-Matching Analysis Comparing Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Limited Liver Resections of the Posterosuperior Segments

   54 citations · 2023
3. 3
   Impact of Liver Cirrhosis, Severity of Cirrhosis, and Portal Hypertension on the Difficulty and Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Robotic Major Liver Resections for Primary Liver Malignancies

   19 citations · 2023
4. 4
   Laparoscopic donor hepatectomy

   19 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Robotic left hepatectomy with revision of hepaticojejunostomy

   14 citations · 2014
6. 6
   Impact of liver cirrhosis, severity of cirrhosis and portal hypertension on the difficulty of laparoscopic and robotic minor liver resections for primary liver malignancies in the anterolateral segments

   8 citations · 2023
7. 7
   Impact of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension on minimally invasive limited liver resection for primary liver malignancies in the posterosuperior segments: An international multicenter study

   7 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Defining Global Benchmarks for Laparoscopic Right Posterior Sectionectomy/H67

   2 citations · 2024

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