Yiming Ruan

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Yiming Ruan is a researcher whose work centers on improving surgical outcomes in urologic oncology, with a particular focus on robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP). His major contributions lie in evaluating how patient-specific factors—such as morbid obesity and HIV status—affect perioperative results following prostate cancer surgery. In his most cited study (20 citations), Ruan demonstrated that morbid obesity is significantly associated with worse perioperative outcomes after RALRP, providing crucial data for preoperative risk stratification. Another key paper (11 citations) compared RALRP with open radical prostatectomy using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, revealing superior outcomes and a growing trend toward robotic approaches. His work on HIV-positive patients (5 citations) further highlights his commitment to inclusive, evidence-based surgical care. Through large-scale, population-based analyses, Ruan has helped shape clinical decision-making and patient counseling in robotic prostate surgery, making his research essential reading for urologists and surgical oncologists.

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1. 1
   Morbid obesity is adversely associated with perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

   20 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Comparison and trend of perioperative outcomes between robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and open radical prostatectomy: nationwide inpatient sample 2009-2014

   11 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Clinical characteristics and outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in HIV-positive patients: a nationwide population-based analysis

   5 citations · 2019

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