Thng Yongxian

Dr Thng Yongxian is a Fellowship-trained Hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon practicing at Mount Elizabeth Orchard, Mount Elizabeth Novena, Parkway East and Mount Alvernia Hospital. Prior to joining Nexus Surgical associates, Dr Thng was a consultant at the Department of General Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and the National University Health System, Singapore. He served as Clinical lead of the Hepatopancreatobiliary Division and pioneered the use of Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for complex pancreatic and liver surgery in NTFGH. Under his leadership, Dr Thng and his team were able to perform minimally invasive surgery in complex hepatopancreatobiliary cases.

Dr Thng received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery form The National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Subsequently, he completed his basic and advanced surgical training at the National University hospital and was admitted to the Specialist Accreditation Board Singapore as a Specialist surgeon. Concomitantly, he was admitted as a Fellow to both the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (FRCS) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS).

He pursued his subspecialty training in Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery first in the Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, following which he pursued a clinical fellowship in minimally invasive Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery in Seoul National University Hospital, Bundang South Korea.

As an advocate for Value-driven care for patients, Dr Thng was a member of the Ministry of Health (MOH) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy Clinician workgroup for value-driven care (VDC). He was also the Clinical lead for the Laparoscopic cholecystectomy Value-driven Outcome (VDO) programme at NTFGH where he was responsible for ensuring quality care for patients requiring a cholecystectomy. He also led the Diagnosis-related workgroup helping to increase hospital subventions in order to decrease cost to patients while providing quality healthcare.

On the research front, Dr Thng was recognised for his surgical technique and has been invited to present his surgical videos at numerous Best Video sessions during international surgical conferences. He also received the A-STAR-Medtech innovation grant ($500k) in 2017 to develop a novel wearable in-sole to monitor foot pressures.  He has also published in international peer-reviewed journals on resection of complex liver malignancies. As a Senior Clinical lecturer of NUS School of Medicine, he has been an examiner at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and has helped developed and trained the next generation of surgeons.

• Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
• Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
• Hernia Surgery
• Gallbladder Surgery
• Minimally Invasive surgery
• Surgical oncology

• Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery
• Minimally invasive liver surgery
• Minimally invasive biliary and gallbladder surgery

• THNG Y.X, KOH Y.X, LOW C.H, LIM K.H. Epidemiology of early gastric cancer in Singapore. Poster presentation at NHG annual scientific conference 2007
• THNG Y.X, KOH Y.X, LOW C.H, LIM K.H. TTSH experience with Early Gastric Cancer. Poster presentation at Malaysian medical association annual conference 2008 in Kuala Lumpur 2008
• THNG Y.X, JONAH KUA, WC CHUA, Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore; DAVID FOO, FAHIM H JAFARY, Tan Tock Seng Hosp, Singapore, Singapore Yield of Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Male Singapore Armed Forces Employees Using Very Low Radiation Dose Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography. Oral presentation at American Heart Association scientific conference 2011
• THNG Y.X, YUEN SOON The association of better surgical outcomes in high volume centres. Published year 2015
• THNG Y.X, JACKIE HO PEI Correlation of lower extremity threatened limb classification system based on Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) with risk of major amputation in an Asian population. Submitted for oral presentation ISVS 2015
• THNG Y.X, JACKIE HO PEI A prospective study on the efficacy of Wireless Micro Current Stimulation (WMCS) on wound healing in diabetic foot wounds. Submitted “Pitch for Funds” grant 2015
• Tan JKH, THNG Y.X, Iyer SG, Chang SKY, KK Madhavan, Kow AWC
• Long Term Outcome of Resected Giant Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Tertiary Institution: Does Size Matter? Poster presentation at International Surgical week 2014
• THNG Y.X, Tan JKH, Iyer SG, Chang SKY, KK Madhavan, Kow AWC
• Outcomes of Resected Giant Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Tertiary Institution: Does Size Matter? HPB: Volume 17, Issue 11, pages 988–993, November 2015
• Video presentation at IHPBA 2022 New York “Spleen preserving pancreatectomy Kimura technique, How I do it”
• Best Video presentation at Korean HPBS 2022 “Laparoscopic total pancreatectomy, How I do it”
• Value driven outcomes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy poster presentation at NUHS VDO conference 2022
• Video presentation EHPBA Lyon 2023 “Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, How I do it”
• Best video presentation APHPBA 2023 “Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, How I do it”
• IRCAD websurg publication 2023 “Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, How I do it”
• Best video and Oral presentation LHC Bangkok 2023 “Laparoscopic Whipple with Replaced Right hepatic artery”
• Best Video presentation: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy SAGES 2024
• Best Video presentation : Laparoscopic Whipple for duodenal GIST IHPBA South Africa 2024
• Best Video presentation : Removal of a mechanical lithotripsy device via laparoscopic common bile duct exploration 54th Congress of The Korean Society of Endo-laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery and 14th International Symposium
• Best Video presentation : Laparoscopic left extended hepatectomy 54th Congress of The Korean Society of Endo-laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery and 14th International Symposium
• Video Presentation : Laparoscopic Whipple for Mucinous cystic lesion Korean Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Week 2024 & the 60^th Annual Congress of the Korean Association of HPB Surgery
• MEDTECH INNOVATION GRANT 2017: A WearableL
;’ Intelligent Foot Pressure Monitoring Device with Real-Time Pressure Analysis and Biofeedback to prevent foot ulcer in elderly with diabetic neuropathy. Grant amount: $500,000

• Senior Consultant Hepatopancreatobiliary and General Surgery (Nexus Surgical Associates)
• Clinical Lead and Consultant of General surgery and Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery NTFGH, National University Health System
• Ministry of Health Executive Clinical Workgroup (Value driven outcomes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy)
• Senior Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
• Clinical Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
• Specialist in General Surgery, Specialist Accreditation Board, Singapore

• Hepatopancreatobiliary Association Singapore : Member, Former Ex-co
• Asian Pacific Hepatopancreatobiliary Association : Member
• European Hepatopancreatobiliary Association : Member
• International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association : Member
• International Laparoscopic Liver Society: Member