Benjamin Wei, MD
Assistant Professor
Department
Surgery (Phoenix)
Position
Assistant Professor
Books
- King W., Anatomy and Embryology of the Diaphragm [Book Chapter] 2020
- Asban A., General Aspects in the Pathology of the Diaphragm [Book Chapter] 2020
- Geraldson C. T., Diaphragmatic Hernias [Book Chapter] 2020
- Pavnica J. W., Approaches and Surgical Techniques in the Acquired Pathology of the Diaphragm [Book Chapter] 2020
- Wei B., Surgical Approaches to Remove the Esophagus: Robotic [Book Chapter] 2019
- Bryant A., Robotic Surgery [Book Chapter] 2018
- Wei B., Robotic approach to lobectomy [Book Chapter] 2017
Publications
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
Bhatt H., Comparison of laparoscopic vs. robotic paraesophageal hernia repair: a systematic review
15:3 2023 - Journal of Surgical Research
Wagner G., Early Water Seal of Chest Tubes Following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Pleurodesis
283 2023 - JTCVS Techniques
Kim W. D., Robotic left apicoposterior bisegmentectomy for non–small cell lung cancer
18 2023 - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Muñoz-Largacha J. A., Robotic surgery: a game-changer for anatomic segmentectomies
8 2023 - Annals of Joint
Gilbert A., Diaphragmatic plication: current evidence and techniques in the management of the elevated hemidiaphragm
8 2023 - Journal of clinical epidemiology
Shi Q., Reporting guidelines for surgical technique could be improved: a scoping review and a call for action
155 2023 - Thoracic surgery clinics
Wei B., Sublobar Resections: Indications and Approaches
33:2 2023 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Kim W. D., Robotic Resection of Pulmonary Sequestration With Fluorescence Image Guidance
115:1 2023 - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Wood D. E., Lung Cancer Screening, Version 1.2022 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines
20:7 2022 - JTCVS Techniques
Sollie Z. W., Evolution of technique and results after permanent open repair for pectus deformities
12 2022 - JTCVS Techniques
Wei B., Commentary: Cut it out: Posttraumatic pneumonectomy and pleural contamination after impalement
13 2022 - JTCVS Techniques
Cail G. M., Bilateral 11th rib disarticulation and resection for chronic rib pain: A case report
15 2022 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Commentary: Sublobar resection for in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma—less is more
163:2 2022 - American Journal of Surgery
Gleason L. T., Cost-benefit analysis of a patient engagement technology (PET) in cardiac, thoracic, and colorectal surgery
224:3 2022 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Raza S. S., Analysis of Applicants’ Perspectives of Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Program Websites
114:6 2022 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Wei B., Commentary: In With The New: Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging For Pectus Excavatum
34:4 2022 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Muñoz-Largacha J. A., Commentary: Analytic Morphomics and LVRS – A Story of Frailty and Fibrosis
34:3 2022 - American Journal of Surgery
Ramonell K. M., Mediastinal parathyroidectomy: Utilization of a multidisciplinary, robotic-assisted transthoracic approach in challenging cases
223:4 2022 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Commentary: Proving the benefit of pulmonary metastasectomy for relapsed osteosarcoma—to the next hard target?
163:2 2022 - JTCVS Open
Bajpai S., Commentary: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Reclassifying a rare disease
8 2021 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Wahl T. S., Commentary: Embryonic Thoughts About CEA and Lung Transplant
33:2 2021 - Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Muñoz-Largacha J. A., Navigational Bronchoscopy with Interventional Pulmonologists and Thoracic Surgeons
16:2 2021 - Clinical Lung Cancer
Kirkland R. S., Predictors of In-Hospital Death in Patients with Lung Cancer Admitted for Acute Radiation Pneumonitis: A Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Analysis
22:5 2021 - JTCVS Open
Wei B., A prediction model for postoperative urinary retention after thoracic surgery
7 2021 - JTCVS Techniques
Wei B., Commentary: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)—Ready for the big screen
10 2021 - Radiologic clinics of North America
Galgano S. J., PET Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors
59:5 2021 - JTCVS Techniques
Wahl T. S., Commentary: Fontan physiology and special consideration for lobectomy
6 2021 - JTCVS Techniques
Wei B., Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tracheostomies—The “how” but not the “why” or “when”
6 2021 - Mini-invasive Surgery
Sollie Z. W., Robotic Heller myotomy
4 2020 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Muñoz-Largacha J. A., Commentary: Lung surgery in the time of COVID-19
160:2 2020 - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Asban A., Mechanical or chemical and mechanical pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax: What is the most effective approach in preventing recurrence? A systematic review and meta-analysis
58:4 2020 - Journal of Thoracic Disease
Asban A., Reasons for extended length of stay following chest tube removal in general thoracic surgical patients
12:10 2020 - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Singh S., Commonwealth Neuroendocrine Tumour Research Collaboration and the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors: An International Collaborative Endorsement and Update of
15:10 2020 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Muñoz-Largacha J. A., Commentary: Basilar segmentectomy: A new weapon against cancer for the modern thoracic surgeon?
160:6 2020 - Journal of Thoracic Disease
Wahl T. S., Certification for minimally invasive thoracic surgery: Is your surgeon ready?
11 2019 - Surgical Clinics of North America
Kumar R., The Difficult Esophageal Conduit
99:3 2019 - Echocardiography
Salama A. Y., Incremental value of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over the two-dimensional modality in the assessment of right heart compression and dysfunction produced by pectus excavatum
36:1 2019 - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Wei B., Vein-first vs. artery-first: “does the order of vessel ligation during pulmonary lobectomy for NSLC affect circulating tumor cells and patient survival?”
4 2019 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Commentary: Will it go platinum? Microcoil localization as an adjunct to thoracoscopic wedge resection
158:2 2019 - Journal of Robotic Surgery
Wei B., Robotic Morgagni hernia repair: an emerging approach to a congenital defect
13:2 2019 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Commentary: Going the distance: The effect of margin length on local recurrence after wedge resection for colorectal metastases
157:4 2019 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Hirji S. A., Sternotomy for esophagectomy: Is it worth the risk?
156:6 2018 - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Wood D. E., Lung cancer screening, version 3.2018
16:4 2018 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Carbon fiber: Not just for your mountain bike anymore
156:4 2018 - Journal of Robotic Surgery
Smood B., Technical and operational modifications required for evolving robotic programs performing anatomic pulmonary resection
12:3 2018 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Cerfolio R. J., Achieving a 3-Star Society of Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy Ranking by Using Continuing Process Improvement, Lean Methodology, and Root Cause Analysis
29:4 2017 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Wei B., Is the Glass Half Full or Empty? Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy in an Age of Alternative Facts
29:2 2017 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., The value of salvage surgery after stereotactic body radiotherapy failure: A sticky conundrum
154:2 2017 - Surgical Clinics of North America
Wei B., Robotic Lobectomy and Segmentectomy: Technical Details and Results
97:4 2017 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Cichos K. H., Cost Savings of Standardization of Thoracic Surgical Instruments: The Process of Lean
104:6 2017 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Cerfolio R. J., One hundred planned robotic segmentectomies: Early results, technical details, and preferred port placement presented at the sixty-second annual meeting of the southern thoracic surgical Association, Orlando, FL, Nov 4-7, 2015.
101:3 2016 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Extended criteria donors: Closer to the truth
152:3 2016 - Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Cerfolio R. J., Robotic Esophagectomy for Cancer: Early Results and Lessons Learned
28:1 2016 - Journal of Thoracic Disease
Wei B., Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in the United States
8 2016 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cerfolio R. J., Robotic lobectomy can be taught while maintaining quality patient outcomes
152:4 2016 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Lung torsion: Some answers but more questions
152:3 2016 - Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Robotic Lobectomy: Left Upper Lobectomy
21:3 2016 - Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery]
Xi H. Q., Structured training strategy for robot surgery
54:12 2016 - Surgical oncology clinics of North America
Wei B., Robotic Lung Resection for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
25:3 2016 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Cerfolio R. J., Incidence, Results, and Our Current Intraoperative Technique to Control Major Vascular Injuries During Minimally Invasive Robotic Thoracic Surgery
102:2 2016 - Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Broussard B. L., Robotic surgery for posterior mediastinal pathology
5:1 2016 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Odell D. D., Resident Perception of Technical Skills Education and Preparation for Independent Practice
100:6 2015 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Minnich D. J., Retention rate of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopic placed fiducial markers for lung radiosurgery
100:4 2015 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Nguyen T. C., Resident perceptions of 2-year versus 3-year cardiothoracic training programs
99:6 2015 - Current Surgery Reports
Wei B., Technique and Results of Robotic Pulmonary Lobectomy Using Four Arms
3:2 2015 - Current Surgery Reports
Cerfolio R. J., A Defined Pathway to Teach and Credential Safe Robotic Thoracic Surgery
3:4 2015 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Wei B., Left upper lobectomy after coronary artery bypass grafting
150:3 2015 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Bryant A. S., The incidence and management of postoperative chylothorax after pulmonary resection and thoracic mediastinal lymph node dissection
98:1 2014 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Nasir B. S., Performing robotic lobectomy and segmentectomy: Cost, profitability, and outcomes
98:1 2014 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Nasir B. S., The efficacy of restaging endobronchial ultrasound in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after preoperative therapy
98:3 2014 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Wei B., The safety and efficacy of mediastinoscopy when performed by general thoracic surgeons
97:6 2014 - Thoracic Surgery Clinics
Wei B., Thoracoscopic versus robotic approaches: Advantages and disadvantages
24:2 2014 - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Xydas S., Use of carotid-subclavian arterial bypass and thoracic endovascular aortic repair to minimize cerebral ischemia in total aortic arch reconstruction
139:3 2010 - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Wei B., Pulmonary Lobectomy in a Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device
87:6 2009 - Respiratory Medicine CME
Wei B., Urinothorax: An uncommon cause of pleural effusion
2:4 2009 - Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
Wei B., Simultaneous pulmonary embolectomy and aortic root replacement
57:8 2009