We move forward to take better care of you.
Having a digestive specialist with research experience means that they:
• Make evidence-based decisions.
• Provide more accurate diagnoses.
• Prescribe safe treatments.
• Assess the health outcomes of their patients.
100+ Publications
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Commitment to Safety
Commitment to Safety
Your digestive system specialist at ICAdig is also a researcher.
Having a gastroenterologist who conducts research means they stay up to date and measure their actions to improve outcomes.
It also makes them more critical of scientific evidence.
That’s why we select the most current Clinical Practice Guidelines and high-quality, peer-reviewed publications, and evaluate them alongside your medical history and preferences.
• Benefits for you: Transparent information. When one or more studies do not change practice or have limitations, we explain it to you.
• Shared decisions: We want you to understand all options and make informed choices together with your specialist.
WHY IT MATTERS
We publish studies, participate in multicenter protocols, and lead clinical trials to translate results into best clinical practice and make shared decisions with you.
So that the most current scientific evidence reaches your care in a practical and compassionate way.
Below, we present some of the most relevant publications in which your digestive system specialists have participated.
PREVENTION
To prevent and detect colon cancer early, there are two main approaches: colonoscopy and the fecal occult blood test (FOBT).
In organized screening programs, performing the FOBT every two years can be as effective as offering colonoscopy in reducing mortality, while also improving participation. If the test is positive, a colonoscopy is recommended.
For people with symptoms, combining fecal hemoglobin and calprotectin tests can help prioritize who needs a colonoscopy sooner.
United European Gastroenterology Journal.-
New England Journal of Medicine.-
Therapeutic Endoscopy
The scientific studies in which our team has participated focus on making cutting-edge endoscopy techniques safer and less invasive.
They address how to manage bleeding after removing colon polyps and how to improve early diagnosis.
They have also worked on comparing different endoscopic resection techniques for removing large polyps, helping you choose the safest and most effective option for your case.
We are pioneers in implementing advanced techniques such as ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) and POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy). Regarding ESD, our physicians currently lead an international multicenter trial that will undoubtedly provide highly applicable insights for clinical practice.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.-
Rev Esp Enferm Dig.-
United European Gastroenterology Journal.-
Upper Digestive Tract
At ICAdig, we focus on what is most practical for our patients.
That’s why we have participated in research aimed at improving the effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori treatment, using simple tools to help guide the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), facilitating the recognition of eosinophilic esophagitis, and enhancing the communication of information to people with disorders related to motility and neurogastroenterology.
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.-
Pediatric Digestive
In children, early, precise, and compassionate care is especially important.
The studies in which our team has been involved evaluate factors that impact quality of life in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) during childhood, update the management of Helicobacter pylori in children, show how the presentation of celiac disease has changed, and quantify diagnostic delays in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in order to reduce them
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.-
Helicobacter.-
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Our team has participated in studies confirming the safety of maternal use of biologics in patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis for the baby’s psychomotor development.
We have contributed to demonstrating that intensification with new biologics can be effective and feasible, and that the colon capsule can help monitor ulcerative colitis without sedation.
In addition, we have studied how fecal microbiota transplantation is an effective option for patients with C. difficile infection.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.-
Endoscopy Int Open.-
Digestive Oncology
It is essential to identify in time individuals at higher risk of digestive cancer due to hereditary causes or multiple polyps.
These studies propose simpler and more accessible ways to detect mutations, practical criteria for suspecting Lynch syndrome (a type of colorectal cancer that appears at a young age), and improved classification of syndromes such as serrated polyposis.
They also explore how certain inflammatory responses might explain why some people develop numerous polyps without a clear cause, and how to interpret CDH1 variants associated with diffuse gastric cancer.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.-
Ann Surg Oncol.-
Digestive Endoscopy
Bowel preparation is key for detecting polyps or precancerous lesions during a colonoscopy. When preparation is inadequate, lesions can be missed, and sometimes the procedure must be repeated.
Evidence highlights two effective measures: repeating the colonoscopy shortly after a poor preparation to recover missed lesions, and an educational phone intervention led by nursing staff shortly before the appointment to assist those who previously failed to prepare properly.
Finally, although colon cleansing preparations are generally safe, under certain circumstances they can cause problems that need to be identified early.
Dig Endosc.-
Because it requires measuring outcomes, identifying improvements, and applying what works earlier in clinical practice. It also changes the physician’s mindset: they ask more relevant questions and are more critical of the scientific evidence.
Not always. Some confirm that what we do is safe, while others help us better personalize your care.
In each section, you can click to access selected articles from scientific journals in which our doctors have participated. You can also review their individual CVs by clicking here and viewing their LinkedIn profiles.
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