Laparoscopic surgery has been one of the fastest growing areas in recent surgery. The purpose of the unit's JUMISC Laparoscopy is to advance the field of minimally invasive surgery by combining advanced technology and infrastructure with an extensive programme researcher and teacher.

The functions of the unit of Laparoscopy JUMISC focus on expanding the applications of laparoscopic surgery, in various medical specialties, through research projects that seek progress in new surgical techniques and instrumentation. Also the transfer of knowledge is made possible through a solid training programme which has enabled surgical training for hundreds of surgeons around the world within our facilities.

PROJECTS

The JUMISC Laparoscopy unit is developing an active research program on the following lines:

• Development and refinement of innovative surgical techniques developed via a laparoscopic approach, applicable in the vascular system, digestive system, urinary system, gynecology, traumatology, and so on. The Laparoscopy Unit has different experimental models of kidney disease, genital, digestive, cardiac and vascular that currently allow the testing of cell therapy with a minimally invasive approach.
• Improved surgical results arising from the application of these techniques in surgical patients by improving techniques that are already established in the clinical setting.
• Methodologies for advanced training and surgical training. This investigates the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health and in developing new tools and devices that allow optimisation of the surgical training program associated with laparoscopic surgery.
• Development of new instruments, equipment and technology associated with minimally invasive surgery. The Department of Laparoscopy collaborates with other renowned research groups interested in the development of surgical simulation, virtual reality applied to surgical training, ergonomics, introduction of robotics in minimally invasive surgery, in the development of novel instrumental or laparoscopic in the momentum of new tools and training of student teachers.
• The investigation into Biomaterials and Bioengineering is interested primarily in the electromodulación nervous and analysis of the behaviour of certain materials and their impact in the fields of bowel disease (morbid obesity), orthopaedic surgery and cardiology (ischaemic heart disease).