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  1. 30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studies

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Muhammad Umar Younis, Mr Saied Froghi, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada

  2. Internal fixation versus revision arthroplasty for Vancouver B2–B3 fractures: mortality and functional outcomes in frail patients. Insights from the PIPPAS study of 485 patients

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  3. Structured Education Improves Radiographic Detection and Referral in Charcot Foot: A Quasi-experimental Study

    Article • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  4. Feasibility to obtain vessel occlusion using vessel loop

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  5. Risk Factors and Predictors of 1-Year Mortality in 262 Vancouver Type C Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures: Insights from the PIPPAS Prospective Multicenter Observational Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  6. Clinical Evolution and Safety of a Cryotherapy - Based Spray for Mild to Moderate Joint and Muscle Pain: A Descriptive Observational Study

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, February 2025, The Sports Physical Therapy Session

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  7. Risk factors for one-year mortality in 440 femoral peri-implant fractures: insights from the PIPPAS prospective, multicentre, observational study

    Article • Bone & Joint Open, January 2025, Bone & Joint

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  8. Predictors of outcomes after internal fixation of periprosthetic femoral hip fractures Subgroup analysis of the peri-implant and peri-prosthetic fractures Spanish registry (PIPPAS)

    Article • Injury, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  9. Optimizing periprosthetic fracture management and in-hospital outcome: insights from the PIPPAS multicentric study of 1387 cases in Spain

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  10. Consensus review on peri-implant femur fracture treatment: Peri-Implant Spanish Consensus (PISCO) investigators’ recommendations

    Article • EFORT Open Reviews, January 2024, Bioscientifica

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  11. Leadership development training for orthopaedic trauma surgeons: an international survey

    Article • OTA International The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, December 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Assoc. Prof. Wojciech M Glinkowski, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  12. Reply to 'Letter to the Editor “The standard cephalomedullary nail: Answer to all unstable extracapsular proximal femoral fractures?”'

    Article • Injury, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  13. Establishing Consensus on Essential Resources for Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Worldwide

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, September 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Assoc. Prof. Wojciech M Glinkowski, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  14. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

    Article • BJS, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Justin Wormald, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Khaled AL-Sayaghi, Professor Dickon Hayne, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Pritik A Shah, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri

  15. Complications of standard versus long cephalomedullary nails in the treatment of unstable extracapsular proximal femoral fractures: A randomized controlled trial

    Article • Injury, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  16. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr khaled Mohamed Abdel wahab , Gerardo Caruso, Hitesh Chopra, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr Fakher Rahim

  17. Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data

    Article • The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2022, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Muhammad Umar Younis, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mostafa Shalaby, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Fakher Rahim

  18. Risk of Mortality for Proximal Femoral Fracture in Patients With and Without COVID-19. A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Article • Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  19. Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2021, BMJ

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Joshua Totty, Edward Caruana

  20. Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mostafa Shalaby, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr Fakher Rahim

  21. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  22. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  23. Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ronald Flumignan, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby

  24. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score

    Article • BJS, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Ronald Flumignan, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby, avinash aujayeb, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  25. A pilot agreement study of a new classification system for Peri-implant femoral fractures

    Article • Injury, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  26. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Professor Khaled Saad

  27. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  28. Mortality Rates of Patients with Proximal Femoral Fracture in a Worldwide Pandemic

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, May 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  29. Evaluation of an expectation and outcome measurement questionnaire in ankle fracture patients: The Trauma Expectation Factor Trauma Outcomes Measure (TEFTOM) Eurasia study

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  30. Current Status of Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Systems Worldwide

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  31. The floating knee: a review on ipsilateral femoral and tibial fractures

    Article • EFORT Open Reviews, November 2016, Bone & Joint

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dra Arancha AC Capel

  32. Exon array analysis reveals genetic heterogeneity in atypical femoral fractures. A pilot study

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Jose A. Riancho

  33. Estudio para la mejoría de la atención hospitalaria inicial del paciente politraumatizado: proyecto TRAUMACAT

    Article • Medicina Clínica, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  34. Current concepts for treating proximal femur fractures in Europe

    Article • European Orthopaedics and Traumatology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  35. ¿Es el signo de Hawkins capaz de predecir la necrosis en las fracturas del cuello astragalino?

    Article • Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  36. Erfahrungen mit einem helikalen Femurmarknagel (LFN®)

    Article • Der Unfallchirurg, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  37. Intraoperative periprosthetic hip fractures

    Article • European Orthopaedics and Traumatology, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  38. Fracturas abiertas

    Article • Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  39. Open fractures

    Article • Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (English Edition), January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  40. Carta

    Article • Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  41. Perforation of the pharynx caused by blunt external neck trauma

    Article • European Radiology, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  42. Diagnostic imaging of tibial periosteal ganglion

    Article • European Radiology, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  43. SUBHEPATIC MIGRATION OF A HIP PROSTHESIS

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, January 1996, Bone & Joint

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  44. Autoantibodies against nuclear envelope-associated proteins in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Article • Hepatology, July 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Albert Pares, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  45. Influence of HBV replication and delta agent superinfection on T cell subsets and killer (Leu 7+) in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, January 1986, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  46. Lymphocytotoxic antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, September 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Albert Pares, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  47. CIRCULATING IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP)

    Article • British Journal of Haematology, December 1982, Wiley

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  48. A propos d'un syndrome lympho-prolifératif avec IgM monoclonale cryoprécipitante et hémagglutinante à froid Spécificité anti-Pr1d

    Article • Revue Fran&#xE7 aise de Transfusion et Immuno-h&#xE9 matologie, January 1980, Elsevier

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  49. Prolymphocyte Leukaemia of T‐Cell Type: Immunological, Enzymatic and Ultrastructural Morphometric Characteristics

    Article • British Journal of Haematology, May 1978, Wiley

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives

  50. Cell‐mediated cell lysis in vitro: genetic control of killer cell production and target specificities in the mouse

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, May 1974, Wiley

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives