Gaetano Rocco
盖塔诺·罗科
MD, FRCSEd
Attending Surgeon, Thoracic Service胸外科主治外科医生
👥Biography 个人简介
Gaetano Rocco is a global innovator in uniportal VATS and sublobar resection techniques. Based at MSKCC, he developed single-port thoracoscopic approaches and authored landmark studies on segmentectomy and the biology of ground-glass opacity lesions.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
Uniportal VATS
Developed and popularized the uniportal (single-port) VATS approach for major pulmonary resections, reducing trauma and improving postoperative pain and recovery compared to multi-port techniques.
Sub-lobar Resection Research
Led studies defining optimal surgical margins and anatomical considerations for segmentectomy in GGO-dominant and small peripheral lung cancers, refining criteria for lung-sparing surgery.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: summary of experience, technique and potential role
Journal of Thoracic Disease (2013)
Comprehensive description of uniportal VATS technique, catalyzing worldwide adoption and establishing procedural standards.
Predicting the risk of adjacent segment disease after cervical disc arthroplasty versus fusion
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (2008)
Sublobar resection margin analysis defining minimum required surgical margins to prevent local recurrence in early NSCLC.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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