Faculty of Medicine

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Research group

Spanish

Plastic Surgery Research Group Universidad de Antioquia

Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine

Colombian Ministry of Science

Unrecognized

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Clinical medicine

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Strategic Focus

The group’s objective is to become research leaders with high methodological quality in Plastic Surgery at a national level, including the fields of action that constitute it: craniomaxillofacial surgery, hand surgery, reconstructive surgery, and aesthetic surgery.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Body Contouring.
Trauma and Reconstruction.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Sabrina Gallego Gónima MD, MSc

Maxillofacial and Hand Plastic Surgeon.

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

M.Sc. in Clinical Epidemiology.

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

sabrina.gallego@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación (San Vicente de Paúl University Hospital).
Corporación de Cirugía Plástica de Antioquia ;CORCIRUPLAST (Plastic Surgery Corporation of Antioquia)
C.E.R: Plastic Surgery Research.

Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery.
IPS Universitaria.
IQ Interquirófanos.
Quirófanos El Tesoro.

Highlighted Projects

Epidemiology of upper limb trauma treated in six hospital institutions of the city of Medellin, Colombia (2016).
Study on morphological preferences of breast with augmentation surgery among the inhabitants of the Aburrá Valley.
Effect of the infiltration/aspiration ratio on the development of anemia in early postoperative in liposuction and lipoabdominoplasty patients.
Epidemiological profile of children with cleft lip and/or palate attended at two reference centers in Medellin from 2011 to 2016.

Key Research Findings

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Gluteal Fat Grafts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-005-0202-1
Arthroscopic Resection of Dorsal Wrist Ganglia: 114 Cases With Minimum Follow-up of 2 years. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2010.05.008
Reconstruction of Volar Digital Defects: Clinical Experience With the Hypothenar Flap. DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3181dcd453
Propeller Flap of Perforating Arteries in Reconstruction of Resection Defects in the Lower Extremity: Experience at the University IPS, Medellín, Colombia. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.37

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Microsurgery Basic Course, “Jaime Restrepo Espinal”
Plastic Surgery Program in collaboration with Corporación de Cirugía Plástica de Antioquia — CORCIRUPLAST (Plastic Surgery Corporation of Antioquia).