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General Surgery

The research group in General Surgery aims to develop research activities in the field of Surgery from the most clinical and surgical aspects related to the quality of care to the most basic and translational aspects of etiopathogenesis, pathophysiology and the bases of the diseases included in its different areas of interest, as well as in the therapeutic procedures to address them. It is focused in several topics that include the fields of Abdominal Wall Surgery, biomaterials and bioengineering, Colorectal Surgery and Proctology, General Endocrine, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Esophagogastric Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery. It includes clinical surgeons who make up the care teams of the various clinical lines and includes a basic research laboratory with two researchers with special interest in the study of the extracellular matrix and inflammation and biomaterials and their integration.

eCORE

  • Advanced Therapies and Advanced Interventions, Nanomedicine, Transplant & Donation
  • Cancer
  • Chronic, Prevalent Diseases & Aging
  • Personalized Medicine, Innovative Diagnostics, Molecular Imaging & Digital Health

Team

Group Leader
Manuel Armengol Carrasco

Principal Investigator (PI)
Eloi Espin Basany, Ramon Vilallonga Puy, Gianluca Pellino, Alejandro Solis Peña

Researchers
Maria Antonia Arbos Via, Maite Quiles Perez, Oscar González López, Marc Martí Gallostra, Jose Luis Sánchez García, Francesc Vallribera Valls, Miquel Kraft Carre, Franco Marinello, Manuel López Cano, Silvina Bergamini, Maria Pilar Martinez Lopez, Alberto Jauregui Abularach, Laura Maria Romero Vielva, Iñigo Royo Crespo, Fernando Ascanio Gosling, Joel Rosado Rodríguez, Nivardo Rodríguez Conde, Sandra Castro Boix, Jordi Sabadell García, Amaia Gantxegi Medina, Mireia Verdaguer Tremolosa, Victor Rodrigues Gonçalves

PhD Students
Leire Sanchez Corujo, Carlos Petrola Chacón, Arturo Cirera de Tudela, Meritxell Pera Ferreruela, Esther Gil Barionuevo, Sergi Sanchez Cordero, Maria de los Angeles Sanchez Roldan, Adriana Agell Sobge, Ana Maria Abad Torrent, Laura Caubet Domingo

Publications

92
Publications
56.5
%Q1
577.90
Impact Factor
6.28
Average Impact Factor

Alvarez-Sierra D, Sanchez-Gaona N, Cruz Cobo M, Escriche A, Abad M, Gomez-Brey A, Bello I, Caubet E, Gonzalez O, Zafon C, Iglesias C, Moreno P, Petit A, Fernandez-Sanmartin , Martinez-Gallo M, Pujol-Borrell R
Thyroid cells from normal and autoimmune thyroid glands suppress T lymphocytes proliferation upon contact revealing a new regulatory inhibitory type of interaction independent of PD1/PDL1
J Autoimmun. 2023 Apr;136:103013
DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103013
IF: 14.511

Pieren DKJ, Kuguel SG, Rosado J, Robles AG, Rey-Cano J, Mancebo C, Esperalba J, Falco V, Buzon MJ, Genesca M
Limited induction of polyfunctional lung-resident memory T cells against SARS-CoV-2 by mRNA vaccination compared to infection.
Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 5;14(1):1887
DOI: doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37559-w.
IF: 17.694

Campo-Canaveral de l, Minambres E, Coll E, Padilla M, Sanchez Antolin G, de la Rosa G, Rosado J, Gonzalez Garcia FJ, Crowley Carrasco S, Sales Badia G, Maria Fieria Costa E, Alberto Garcia Salce, Mora V, de la Torre C, Badenes R, Atutxa Bizkarguenaga, Dominguez-Gil B
Lung And Liver Transplantation After Simultaneous Recovery Using Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion In Donors After The Circulatory Determination Of Death Versus Donors After Brain Death
Am J Transplant. 2023 Apr 24:S1600-6135(23)00414-8
DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.016.
IF: 9.369

Cunha MF, Pellino G
Environmental effects of surgical procedures and strategies for sustainable surgery
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jun;20(6):399-410
DOI: doi: 10.1038/s41575-022-00716-5
IF: 73.082

Giudicelli G, Gero D, Romulo L, Chirumamilla V, Iranmanesh P, Owen CK, Bauerle W, Garcia A, Lucas L, Mehdorn AS, Pandey D, Almuttawa A, Cabral F, Tiwari A, Lambert V, Pascotto B, De Meyere C, Yahyaoui M, Haist T, Scheffel O, Robert M, Nuytens F, Azagra S, Kow L, Prasad A, Vaz C, Vix M, Bindal V, Beckmann JH, Soussi D, Vilallonga R, El Chaar M, Wilson EB, Ahmad A, Teixeira A, Hagen ME, Toso C, Clavien PA, Puhan M, Bueter M, Jung MK Garcia A, Vilallonga R
Global benchmarks in primary robotic bariatric surgery redefine quality standards for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.
Br J Surg. 2023 Nov 20:znad374
DOI: doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad374.
IF: 9.6

Projects

Profilaxis antibiótica oral + parenteral en cirugía colónica con preparación mecànica vs sin preparación mecánica: ensayo clínico prospectivo, randomizado, controlado y multicéntrico.
Principal Investigator: Eloy Espín Basany
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 32,670 €
Period: 2021 - 2023

Impacto de la cirugía bariátrica en la hemodinámica portal en pacientes con obesidad mórbida y NAFLD. Estudio HEYMDAL.
Principal Investigator: Ramón Vilallonga Puy
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 171,820 €
Period: 2023 - 2025

ORALEV2
Principal Investigator: Solis Peña, Alejandro
Agency: Asociación Española de Cirujanos
Funding: 10,000 €
Period: 2021-2023

Role of sarcopenia in the evolution of morbidly obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery. Study of cohorts and mechanisms involved.
Principal Investigator: Andreea Ciudin Mihai
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 123,420 €
Period: 2021 - 2023

Incidence and clinical relevance of perioperative elevation of Troponin I and N- Terminal Pro- Brain natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing lung resection
Principal Investigator: Miriam de Nadal Clanchet
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 119,185 €
Period: 2021 - 2023

VHIR Annual Report 2023