To contribute to advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases included in this specialty, which help to deliver high quality general surgical care and outcomes. To this aim, interdisciplinary basic (molecular and cellular), translational and clinical research is performed, with particular attention to abdominal wall, colorectal, endocrine and bariatric, and thoracic surgery.
Figure 1:
Representative vimentin-stained primary fibroblasts derived from the fascia of incisional hernia patients, grown on polypropylene meshes.
