Gynecology, Pediatric Diseases and Experimental Surgery
Bioengineering, Orthopedics and Surgery in Pediatrics
César Galo García Fontecha
Area Paediatric Orthopaedics
César Galo Garcia Fontecha (Coordinator), Juan A. Porcel Vázquez, Francisco Soldado Carrera, Laura Fresno Bermejo
Area Paediatric surgery
José Luis Peiró Ibáñez (Coordinator), Carlos Giné Prades, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Vicenç Martínez Ibáñez
Area Bioengineering
Mario Marotta Baleriola (Coordinator), Margarita Codinach Creus, Paola Contreras Muñoz, Alejandra Fernández Martín, Luciano Rodríguez Gómez, Marc Oria Alonso
SUMMARY
The group has been working in the fetal surgery field, and specifically we have developed the fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele in collaboration with the Center for Fetal, Cellular and Molecular Therapy of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
From the area of pediatric orthopedics, the group has been working in the field of musculoskeletal infection in the immature bone in collaboration with the group Infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients and the group Microbiology, developing the animal model of bone infection. We have also developed a new technique of revascularization of the segmental bone graft using vascularized periosteal grafts.
PUBLICATIONS
- Early functional recovery of elbow flexion and supination following median and/or ulnar nerve fascicle transfer in upper neonatal brachial plexus palsy.
Little KJ, Zlotolow DA, Soldado F, Cornwall R, Kozin SH
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Feb 5;96(3):215-21.
Impact factor: 4,309 - The role of subscapularis muscle denervation in the pathogenesis of shoulder internal rotation contracture after neonatal brachial plexus palsy: A study in a rat model.
Mascarenhas VV, Casaccia M, Fernandez-Martin A, Marotta M, Fontecha CG, Haddad S, Knorr J, Soldado F
J Orthop Res. 2014 Aug 13. doi: 10.1002/jor.22709.
Impact factor: 2,972 - Congenital pulmonary malformations Metabolomic profile of lung phenotype in infants.
Pelizzo G, Mimmi MC, Ballico M, Marotta M, Goruppi I, Peiro JL, Zambaiti E, Costanzo F, Andreatta E, Tonin E, Calcaterra V
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Dec 23:1-5.
Impact factor: 1,208 - Severe Sprengel deformity associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome and a complex vascular abnormality that determined the corrective surgery technique.
Fontecha CG, Navarro Cano E, Soldado F, Barber I
J Pediatr Orthop B. 2014 Nov;23(6):589-93
Impact factor: 0,656 - The role of muscle imbalance in the pathogenesis of shoulder contracture after neonatal brachial plexus palsy: a study in a rat model.
Soldado F, Fontecha CG, Marotta M, Benito D, Casaccia M, Mascarenhas VV, Zlotolow D, Kozin SH
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2014 Jul;23(7):1003-9.
Impact factor: 0,564
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS
View- Bioenginyeria, Ortopèdia i Cirurgia Pediàtriques (GRC)
PI: Garcia Fontecha, César Galo
Funding agency: AGAUR
Reference: 2014 SGR 1401
Accreditation as a consolidated group for the coming years
- Penetració òssia dels antibiòtics en la infecció òssia en l’esquelet inmadur. Estudi farmacocinètic en model animal
PI: Garcia Fontecha, César Galo
Funding agency: Societat Catalana de Cirurgia
Reference: SCCOT-2013-01
Funding: 12.000,00 €
Duration: from 2013 to 2015
Surgery experimental work to develop an animal model of bone infection in immature skeleton
- Análisis de la revitalización de injertos estructurales de hueso criopreservado mediante periostio vascularizado en un modelo de conejo
PI: Soldado Carrera, Francisco
Funding agency: Fundación Invest. Médica Mutua Madrileña
Reference: FMM-2012-18
Funding: 14.500,00 €
Duration: from 2012 to 2014
Development of an innovative technique of revitalization of structural cadaveric bone grafts using vascularized periosteal grafts
- Reparación fetoscópica uniportal del mielomeningocele utilizando células progenitoras amnióticas en oveja
PI: Garcia Fontecha, César Galo
Funding agency: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria
Reference: PI10/02466
Funding: 75.020,00 €
Duration: from 2011 to 2014
Development of an innovative technique for the fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele