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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: 31925761 Journal: Spine deformity Year: 2020 Reference: Spine Deform. 2020 Jun;8(3):491-498. doi: 10.1007/s43390-019-00005-3. Epub 2020 Jan 8. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Pizones, Javier, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Javier Sanchez, Moreno-Manzanaro, Lucia, Vila-Casademunt, Alba, Boissiere, Louis, Yilgor, Caglar, Fernandez-Baillo, Nicomedes, Sanchez-Marquez, Jose Miguel, Talavera, Gloria, Acaroglu, Emre R et al. DOI: 10.1007/s43390-019-00005-3
PMID: 31415459 Journal: SPINE Year: 2020 Reference: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Jan 1;45(1):32-37. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003200. Impact factor: 2.646 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Wilson, Jamie R F, Jiang, Fan, Badhiwala, Jetan H, Shaffrey, Christopher L, Carreon, Leah Y, Cheung, Kenneth M C, Dahl, Benny T, Ames, Christopher P, Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba, Dekutoski, Mark B et al. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003200
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: 30847705 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2019 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2019 Jul;28(7):1652-1660. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-05932-3. Epub 2019 Mar 7. Impact factor: 2.513 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Vital, Jean-Marc, Fujishiro, Takashi, Boissiere, Louis, Cawley, Derek Thomas, Larrieu, Daniel, Gille, Olivier, Kleinstuck, Frank, Acaroglu, Emre, Alanay, Ahmet, Obeid, Ibrahim et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-019-05932-3
PMID: 30798453 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2019 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2019 May;28(5):1209-1216. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-05892-8. Epub 2019 Feb 23. Impact factor: 2.513 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Plano, Xavier, Ramirez, Manuel, Matamalas, Antonia, Haddad, Sleiman, Garcia de Frutos, Ana, Casamitjana, J M, Pellise, Ferran et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-019-05892-8
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
PMID: 28866740 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2018 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2018 Mar;27(3):685-699. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5279-0. Epub 2017 Sep 2. Impact factor: 2.634 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Mannion, A F, Elfering, A, Bago, J, Pellise, F, Vila-Casademunt, A, Richner-Wunderlin, S, Domingo-Sabat, M, Obeid, I, Acaroglu, E, Alanay, A et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-5279-0
PMID: 28259266 Journal: Spine deformity Year: 2017 Reference: Spine Deform. 2017 Mar;5(2):139-144. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2016.11.001. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Schwab, Frank J, Carreon, Leah Y, Glassman, Steven D, Shaffrey, Christopher I, Fehlings, Michael G, Dahl, Benny, Ames, Christopher P, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Qiu, Yong, Mehdian, Hossein et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2016.11.001
PMID: 28203735 Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA Year: 2017 Reference: Br J Anaesth. 2017 Mar 1;118(3):380-390. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew434. Impact factor: 6.238 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Colomina, M J, Koo, M, Basora, M, Pizones, J, Mora, L, Bago, J et al. DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew434
PMID: 28038697 Journal: Spine deformity Year: 2017 Reference: Spine Deform. 2017 Jan;5(1):72-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2016.10.001. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Andres Peiro, Jose Vicente, Granell, Joan Bago, Moret, Montserrat Feliu, Galdo, Antonio Moreno et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2016.10.001
PMID: 27196023 Journal: SPINE Year: 2017 Reference: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Jan 1;42(1):E31-E36. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001694. Impact factor: 2.499 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Pizones, Javier, Martin-Buitrago, Mar Perez, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Javier Sanchez, Vila-Casademunt, Alba, Alanay, Ahmet, Obeid, Ibrahim, Kleinstuck, Frank, Acaroglu, Emre R, Pellise, Ferran et al. DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001694
PMID: 26854050 Journal: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica Year: 2016 Reference: Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2016;50(1):57-62. doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2016.14.0421. Impact factor: 0.398 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Acaroglu, Rifat Emre, Dede, Ozgur, Pellise, Ferran, Guler, Umit O, Domingo-Sabat, Montse, Alanay, Ahmet, Perez-Grueso, Francisco Sanchez et al. DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2016.14.0421
PMID: 26821143 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2016 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2016 Aug;25(8):2390-400. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4413-8. Epub 2016 Jan 28. Impact factor: 2.132 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Perez Grueso, Francesco Sanchez, Kleinstuck, Frank, Obeid, Ibrahim, Alanay, Ahmet, Pellise, Ferran, Yavuz, Yasemin, Acaroglu, Emre, Yavuz, Aysun Cetinyurek, Guler, Umit Ozgur, Yuksel, Selcen et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4413-8
PMID: 26769036 Journal: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL Year: 2016 Reference: Eur Spine J. 2016 Aug;25(8):2401-7. doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-4366-3. Epub 2016 Jan 14. Impact factor: 2.132 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Guler, Umit Ozgur, Yuksel, Selcen, Yakici, Sule, Domingo-Sabat, Montserrat, Pellise, Ferran, Perez-Grueso, Francisco J S, Obeid, Ibrahim, Kleinstuck, Frank, Acaroglu, Emre, Alanay, Ahmet et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-4366-3
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.
