Rodrigues-Gonçalves V, Verdaguer-Tremolosa M, Martínez-López P, López-Cano M.
Surgeon experience and patient selection influence the learning curve in robotic inguinal hernia repair.
J Robot Surg. 2025 Oct 30;19(1):724.
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-025-02910-4.
IF: 3
RESEARCH GROUPS
General Surgery
50
Number of publications
58.00
%
% Q1
20.00
%
% D1
44.00
%
% Leadership
22.73
%
% Female Leadership
2.18
CROWN (2021-2025)
24.89
%
HCP10% (2021-2025)
80.00
%
% Open access
60.00
%
% International Collaboration
16
Highly cited papers / HCP 1% (2021-2025)
3
Publications in high-IF journals with high Altmetric scores
10
Number of Ongoing Projectes (total)
0
International ongoing projects
1
Number of New projects (total)
0
International new projects
7
Number of Active clinical Trials
1
Number of New Clinical Trials
3
Number of Theses
Main research priorities in 2025:
-Postoperative functional outcomes following colon and rectal surgery.
-Multimodal optimization and perioperative management in colon and rectal surgery.
-Treatment of local recurrence and advanced rectal cancer, including new technologies.
-Multidisciplinary management, impact of treatments, and development of new technologies in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
-Biomarkers for the early detection and treatment of postoperative complications
-New technologies for the early detection, treatment, and prevention of acute pancreatitis, liver surgery and transplantation
-Cost-effectiveness in general and digestive surgery.
-Prevention and treatment of abdominal wall pathology following abdominal surgery.
-Intestinal microbiota.
-Colorectal cancer in young patients.
-Minimally invasive surgery and multidisciplinary perioperative management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery and lung transplantation.
CORE/MISSIONS
- Transplant & Immunomodulation
PROGRAMS
- Robotic Surgery & Simulation
TEAM
Group Leader
Manuel Armengol, Gonzalo Sapisochin
Principal Investigator (PI)
Eloy Espín-Basany, Sandra Castro, Cristina Dopazo, Albert Jaregui, Miquel Kraft, Manuel Lopez Cano, Franco Marinello, Marc Martí Gallostra, Gianluca Pellino
Researchers
Cristina Dopazo, Piero Arturo Alberti Delgado, Mireia Caralt, Maria del Mar Dalmau Romero, Simone Mameli, Maria Margaret Mercadal Hally, Cristina Pedros Fornieles, Jesus Quintero, Laura Vidal Piñeiro, Pablo Muriel Alvarez, Oscar Gonzalez, Carlos Petrola Chacón, Victor Rodrigues Gonçalves, Mireia Verdaguer Tremolosa, Elisabeth Mena Muñoz, Nuria Ortega, Javier Rivera, José Luis Sánchez, Laura Romero, Joel Rosado, Fernando Ascanio, Leire Sánchez, Sara Monge, Pamela Peiro
PhD Students
Montse Adell Trape, Nayme Luisa Calviño, Maria Vittoria D'Addetta, Kevin Alejandro Diaz Alvarez, Nair Sonia Fernandes Montes, Elsa García Möller, Nicolas Garriga Rodriguez, Martín Huerta García, María Pilar Martínez Lopez, Rodrigo José Mata Mata, Irene Maya Senosian, Julio Antonio Meza Vega, Mertixell Pera Ferruela, Sara Villasante Mateos
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Ascanio F, Abdallah NZ, Rosado J, Sánchez L, Romero L, Jauregui A.
Towards standardization in robotic lung transplants: a novel approach in minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Feb 4;67(2):ezaf042.
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaf042
IF: 3
Garsot E, Sentí S, Salvador H, Eizaguirre E, Estremiana F, Castro S, Miranda C, Reka L, Leturio S, Codony C, Momblán D, Gobbini Y, Luna A, Fernández-Ananin S, Sendiño P, Clavell A, Olona C, Aldeano A, Rodríguez-Santiago J, Hermoso J, Güell M, Sánchez-Cano JJ, Pulido L,García-Tejero A, Dal Cero M, Gimeno M, Pallarès N, Grande L, Pera M; and the Spanish EURECCA Esophagogastric Cancer Group
Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Surgery With Curative Intent: A Population-based Cohort Study
Ann Surg. 2025 Nov 1;282(5):800-809.
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006890
IF: 6.4
Salvà F, Pérez Fernandez S, Dopazo C, Salcedo M, Saoudi N, Rodriguez M, Baraibar I, Ros J, Salva de Torres C, Vaghi C, Calixto Z, Gómez-Gavara C, Caralt M, Sapisochin G, Tabernero J, Elez E.
New prognostic and predictive scoring systems for colorectal cancer liver metastases.
ESMO Open. 2026 Apr;11(4):106923.
DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.106923.
IF: 8.3
Marinello F, Planellas P, Fraccalvieri D, Ortega-Torrecilla N, Gil J, Kreisler E, Pellino G, Espín-Basany E.
Exploratory Analysis of Urinary and Sexual Dysfunction in Patients With Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Undergoing Sacral Neuromodulation: Insights From the SANLARS Trial.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Feb 1;69(2):226-234.
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000004050.
IF: 3.7
SELECTED PROJECTS
Detección temprana de complicaciones sépticas intraabdominales en pacientes con enfermedad de Crohn mediante el estudio de la proteína C reactiva (EaSeCRP-CD): un estudio internacional multicéntrico'
Principal Investigator: Marc Martí
Agency: V Beca GETECCU - Janssen
Funding: 25,000 €
Period: 2022-2025
Implantación temprana de la neuromodulación sacra en pacientes con síndrome de resección anterior de recto. Estudio aleatorizado, multicéntrico, prospectivo, abierto y pragmático.
Principal Investigator: Franco Marinello
Agency: AES 2025 - Proyectos de I+D+I en salud (FIS)
Funding: 108,775 €
Period: 2025-
Depmorb 2: Efecto de la optimización psicológica preoperatorio en el paciente con ansiedad o depresión detectada en el preoperatorio de cirugía colorrectal. Estudio randomizado.
Principal Investigator: Eloy Espín-Basany
Agency: Beca FAECP para proyectos de Investigación 2022
Funding: 6,600 €
Period: 2022-2025
Triple optimisation of mood status before colorectal surgery: a randomised controlled trial (Tri-OPTIMOOD)
Principal Investigator: Miquel Kraft
Agency: AES 2024 - Proyectos de I+D+I en salud (FIS)
Funding: 65,000 €
Period: 2024-
Drenaje pélvico tras resección de cáncer de recto medio-bajo: ensayo clínico aleatorizado. Estudio GECO1
Principal Investigator: Gianluca Pellino
Agency: Beca FAECP para proyectos de investigación 2021
Funding: 6,600 €
Period: 2021-
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