Research in Surgery

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Overview

The area of Research in Surgery includes more than 50 investigators distributed in five groups of research focused respectively on general and thoracic surgery, cranio-maxillofacial surgery, spinal disorders, skeletal reconstructive surgery and musculoskeletal tissue engineering. Their activity combines basic and clinical research together with robotics and virtual surgical planning. Their aims are to advance in the understanding of the causes and mechanisms underlying surgical pathologies, to deliver new knowledge and better integrated patient-centered solutions, improving surgical care and outcomes.

Publications

76
total
235.841
impact factor
3.103
average impact factor

Group Leader: Ferrán Pellisé

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Research Areas

The Vall d’Hebron Spine Research Unit is a growing multidisciplinary group of professionals devoted to Spinal Disorders with an increasing impact in terms of number of publications, associated impact factor and research funding. Since 2010, we have increased the yearly published manuscripts by 80%.

In 2018 we have published a total 27 publications and we have won 1 important research award: 2nd best podium presentation at the Spanish Spine Society Meeting.

One of our research projects granted by the PI2016 has been very successful with more than 30 podium and poster presentations performed during 2018 in both national and international meetings and 4 submitted manuscripts (3 accepted, 1 under minor revisions).

We are still involved in the first national Phase 1 study to assess the safety and effectiveness of stem cells in acute spinal cord injury patients granted by la Marató de TV3. New synergies with other research centers and universities have been established. We hope to expand this network in the future.

VHIR Annual Report 2018

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