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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.
PMID: 34935916 Journal: Journal of Crohns & Colitis Year: 2022 Reference: J Crohns Colitis. 2022 Jun 24;16(5):845-851. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab209. Impact factor: 9.071 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Vigorita, Vincenzo; Cano-Valderrama, Oscar; Celentano, Valerio; Millan, Monica; Spinelli, Antonino; Pellino, Gianluca; Vinci, Danilo et al. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab209
PMID: 35810215 Journal: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY Year: 2022 Reference: World J Surg. 2022 Jul 9. pii: 10.1007/s00268-022-06649-z. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06649-z. Impact factor: 3.352 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Pata, Francesco; Creavin, Ben; De Simone, Belinda; Matias-Garcia, Belen; de Andres-Asenjo, Beatriz; Marinis, Athanasios; Liarakos, Athanasios; Iqbal, Atif; Laharwal, Asim; Mehraj, Asif et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00268-022-06649-z
PMID: 34897426 Journal: Journal of Crohns & Colitis Year: 2022 Reference: J Crohns Colitis. 2022 Jul 14;16(6):954-962. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab215. Impact factor: 9.071 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Sica, Giuseppe S, Khan, Jim, Sensi, Bruno, Warusavitarne, Janindra, Nardi, Alessandra, Zaghiyan, Karen, Pellino, Gianluca, Marti-Gallostra, Marc, Frasson, Matteo, Artigue, Michael et al. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab215
PMID: 35819368 Journal: Journal of Crohns & Colitis Year: 2022 Reference: J Crohns Colitis. 2022 Jul 12. pii: 6640263. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac096. Impact factor: 9.071 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Poggioli, Gilberto, Pellino, Gianluca, Rottoli, Matteo, Mineccia, Michela, Frontali, Alice, Celentano, Valerio, Colombo, Francesco, Baldi, Caterina, Ardizzone, Sandro, Marti Gallostra, Marc et al. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac096
PMID: 34980484 Journal: SURGERY Year: 2021 Reference: Surgery. 2021 Dec 31. pii: S0039-6060(21)01180-6. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.11.032. Impact factor: 3.982 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Celentano, Valerio, Tekkis, Paris, Nordenvall, Caroline, Mills, Sarah, Spinelli, Antonino, Smart, Neil, Selvaggi, Francesco, Warren, Oliver, Espin-Basany, Eloy, Pellino, Gianluca et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.11.032
PMID: 34935916 Journal: Journal of Crohns & Colitis Year: 2021 Reference: J Crohns Colitis. 2021 Nov 20. pii: 6432518. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab209. Impact factor: 9.071 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Pellino, Gianluca, Spinelli, Antonino, Millan, Monica, Vinci, Danilo, Celentano, Valerio, Vigorita, Vincenzo, Cano-Valderrama, Oscar et al. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab209
PMID: 34897426 Journal: Journal of Crohns & Colitis Year: 2021 Reference: J Crohns Colitis. 2021 Dec 13. pii: 6460441. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab215. Impact factor: 9.071 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Sensi, Bruno, Khan, Jim, Warusavitarne, Janindra, Nardi, Alessandra, Spinelli, Antonino, Zaghiyan, Karen, Panis, Yves, Sampietro, Gianluca, Fichera, Alessandro, Garcia-Granero, Eduardo et al. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab215
PMID: 34849592 Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY Year: 2021 Reference: Br J Surg. 2021 Nov 25. pii: 6439974. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab389. Impact factor: 6.939 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Pellino, Gianluca, Espin-Basany, Eloy et al. DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab389
PMID: 32559047 Journal: ANNALS OF SURGERY Year: 2020 Reference: Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e24-e26. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003929. Impact factor: 10.13 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Blanco-Colino, Ruth, Soares, Antonio Sampaio, Kuiper, Sara Zwier, Zaffaroni, Gloria, Pata, Francesco, Pellino, Gianluca et al. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003929
PMID: 32539214 Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY Year: 2020 Reference: Br J Surg. 2020 Jul;107(8):1079. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11873. Impact factor: 5.676 Publication type: Letter or abstract Authors: Pellino Editor Assistant, G et al. DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11873
PMID: 32506032 Journal: International journal of surgery case reports Year: 2020 Reference: Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020;72:59-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.053. Epub 2020 May 29. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Gomez-Jurado, Maria Jose, Curell, Anna, Martin, Rocio, Garcia Ruiz de Gordejuela, Amador, Armengol, Manel et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.05.053
PMID: 32492131 Journal: JAMA Surgery Year: 2020 Reference: JAMA Surg. 2020 Aug 1;155(8):e201625. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1625. Epub 2020 Aug 19. Impact factor: 13.625 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: De Franciscis, Silvia, Solis, Alejandro, Kreisler, Esther, Falato, Armando, Barrios, Oriana, Espin, Eloy, Biondo, Sebastiano, Trenti, Loris, Bianco, Francesco et al. DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1625
This pathology, common among patients who have undergone rectal resection due to cancer, causes alterations in bowel function with great impact on quality of life.
The research has received funding from the Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery and the Spanish Association of Surgeons.
The project has led to the development of a visual algorithm, so it can be used as a guide by patients and healthcare professionals.
