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The Vall d’Hebron Spine Research Unit (VHSRU) is a growing multidisciplinary group of professionals devoted to spinal disorders with an increasing impact in terms of number of publications, associated IF and research funding. VHSRU has published 198 articles in spine field, 40% of them Q1, with a total IF of 451,9.
Our research unit is organized in four research lines:
VHRSU has been involved as coordinator or collaborator in 25 funded research projects. VHRSU is currently coordinating 5 competitive projects granted by national and international institutions (Marató TV3, Eurospine, SRS, AO, GEER). One of our research projects, the European Spine Study Group (ESSG), has been very successful, with more than 60 published manuscripts and 244 podium presentations. All these projects allowed us to establish new synergies with other research centers and universities. We hope to expand this network in the future.
PMID: 31053317 Journal: Spine deformity Year: 2019 Reference: Spine Deform. 2019 May;7(3):467-471. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2018.09.008. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Kieser, D C, Boissiere, L, Cawley, D T, Larrieu, D, Yilgor, C, Takemoto, M, Yoshida, G, Alanay, A, Acaroglu, E, Kleinstuck, F et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2018.09.008
PMID: 30218168 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2019 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2019 Jan;28(1):127-137. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5754-2. Epub 2018 Sep 14. Impact factor: 2.513 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Richner-Wunderlin, S, Mannion, A F, Vila-Casademunt, A, Pellise, F, Serra-Burriel, M, Seifert, B, Aghayev, E, Acaroglu, E, Alanay, A, Perez-Grueso, F J S et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5754-2
PMID: 30904996 Journal: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES Year: 2019 Reference: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 May;38(5):951-958. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03537-8. Epub 2019 Mar 23. Impact factor: 2.591 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Bosch-Nicolau, Pau, Rodriguez-Pardo, Dolors, Pigrau, Carles, Pellise, Ferran, Haddad, Sleiman, Lung, Mayli, Almirante, Benito et al. DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03537-8
PMID: 30896589 Journal: SPINE Year: 2019 Reference: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Aug 15;44(16):1144-1153. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003031. Impact factor: 2.903 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Ames, Christopher P, Smith, Justin S, Pellise, Ferran, Kelly, Michael P, Gum, Jeffrey L, Alanay, Ahmet, Acaroglu, Emre, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Javier Sanchez, Kleinstuck, Frank S, Obeid, Ibrahim et al. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003031
PMID: 29603012 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2018 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2018 Sep;27(9):2312-2321. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5572-6. Epub 2018 Mar 30. Impact factor: 2.634 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Pellise, Ferran, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Javier Sanchez, Kleinstuck, Frank, Acaroglu, Emre, Alanay, Ahmet, Obeid, Ibrahim, Vital, Jean-Marc, Gille, Olivier, Larrieu, Daniel, Cawley, Derek Thomas et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5572-6
PMID: 29570046 Journal: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE Year: 2018 Reference: J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 Jun;28(6):573-580. doi: 10.3171/2017.8.SPINE161266. Epub 2018 Mar 23. Impact factor: 2.761 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Holewijn, Roderick M, Faraj, Sayf S A, De Kleuver, Marinus, Vila-Casademunt, Alba, Alanay, Ahmet, Kleinstuck, Frank, Perez-Grueso, Francisco S, Pellise, Ferran, Acaroglu, Emre, Obeid, Ibrahim et al. DOI: 10.3171/2017.8.SPINE161266
PMID: 29529002 Journal: SPINE Year: 2018 Reference: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Sep 1;43(17):1184-1192. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002633. Impact factor: 2.792 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Cawley, Derek T, Larrieu, Daniel, Fujishiro, Takashi, Kieser, David, Bossiere, Louis, Acaroglu, Emre, Alanay, Ahmet, Kleinsteuck, Frank, Pellise, Ferran, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Sanchez et al. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002633
PMID: 29526641 Journal: Spine Journal Year: 2018 Reference: Spine J. 2018 Oct;18(10):1787-1797. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.03.001. Epub 2018 Mar 8. Impact factor: 3.119 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Yilgor, Caglar, Yavuz, Yasemin, Sogunmez, Nuray, Haddad, Sleiman, Mannion, Anne F, Abul, Kadir, Boissiere, Louis, Obeid, Ibrahim, Kleinstuck, Frank, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Javier Sanchez et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.03.001
The work improves accuracy in predicting complications at the boundary between the instrumented spine area and the area that is left free when spinal deformity corrective surgery is performed.
Entre els projectes es troben 12 investigacions on participen investigadors i investigadores de Vall d’Hebron.
The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) has awarded with this prestigious recognition Dr. Pellisé's team for the study on the similarity of the adverse effects of surgeries both in elderly patients and in the general adult population.
