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Alvaro Sanabria
Universidad de Antioquia-Fundacion Colombiana de Cancerologia
Calle 7 # 39-107, piso 13 consutorio 1308 .Edificio Medical
Medellin, Antioquia 050015
Colombia
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Head and neck surgeon with an MSc degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics. Ph.D. in Oncology.
Training in Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery and Sialendoscopy.
Associate Professor. Department of Surgery. Universidad de Antioquia.
Director. Centro de Excelencia en Cirugia de Cabeza y Cuello. CEXCA.
1: Sanabria A. Active Surveillance in Thyroid Microcarcinoma in a Latin-American Cohort. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.1663. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30178005. 2: Gonçalves Filho J, Zafereo ME, Ahmad FI, Nixon IJ, Shaha AR, Vander Poorten V, Sanabria A, Hefetz AK, Robbins KT, Kamani D, Randolph GW, Coca-Pelaz A, Simo R, Rinaldo A, Angelos P, Ferlito A, Kowalski LP. Decision making for the central compartment in differentiated thyroid cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Aug 13. pii: S0748-7983(18)31274-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 30145001. 3: Chala AI, Vélez S, Sanabria A. The role of laryngectomy in locally advanced thyroid carcinoma. Review of 16 cases. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2018 Apr;38(2):109-114. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-1191. PubMed PMID: 29967549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6028821. 4: Dominguez LC, Stassen L, de Grave W, Sanabria A, Alfonso E, Dolmans D. Taking control: Is job crafting related to the intention to leave surgical training? PLoS One. 2018 Jun 1;13(6):e0197276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197276. eCollection 2018. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2018 Aug 8;13(8):e0202293. PubMed PMID: 29856750; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5983422. 5: Kwon D, Genden EM, de Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Rapidis AD, Takes RP, Ferlito A. Overcoming wound complications in head and neck salvage surgery. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2018 Dec;45(6):1135-1142. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2018.03.008. Review. PubMed PMID: 29692326. 6: Sanabria A, Sánchez D, Chala A, Alvarez A. Quality of life in patients with larynx cancer in Latin America: Comparison between laryngectomy and organ preservation protocols. Ear Nose Throat J. 2018 Mar;97(3):83-90. PubMed PMID: 29554402. 7: Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Shah JP, Nixon IJ, Angelos P, Williams MD, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Growing incidence of thyroid carcinoma in recent years: Factors underlying overdiagnosis. Head Neck. 2018 Apr;40(4):855-866. doi: 10.1002/hed.25029. Epub 2017 Dec 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 29206325; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5849517. 8: Shaha AR, Silver CE, Angelos P, Nixon IJ, Rodrigo JP, Sanabria A, Vander Poorten V, Williams MD, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. The central compartment - Center of controversy, confusion, and concern in management of differentiated thyroid cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2017 Nov;43(11):1981-1984. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2017.08.001. Epub 2017 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 28916416. 9: Quer M, Vander Poorten V, Takes RP, Silver CE, Boedeker CC, de Bree R, Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Shaha AR, Pujol A, Zbären P, Ferlito A. Surgical options in benign parotid tumors: a proposal for classification. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Nov;274(11):3825-3836. doi: 10.1007/s00405-017-4650-4. Epub 2017 Jun 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 28639060. 10: Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Tartaglia F. Inferior thyroid artery ligation increases hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy: A meta-analysis. Laryngoscope. 2018 Feb;128(2):534-541. doi: 10.1002/lary.26681. Epub 2017 May 31. Review. PubMed PMID: 28561328. 11: Román-González A, Aristizábal N, Aguilar C, Palacios K, Pérez JC, Vélez-Hoyos A, Duque CS, Sanabria A. Parathyroid cysts: the Latin-American experience. Gland Surg. 2016 Dec;5(6):559-564. doi: 10.21037/gs.2016.12.08. PubMed PMID: 28149800; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5233832. 12: Tesseroli MA, Zasso FB, Hepp H, Priante AV, de Mattos Filho AL, Sanabria A. Parotidectomy under sedation and locoregional anesthesia with monitoring of brain activity. Head Neck. 2017 Apr;39(4):744-747. doi: 10.1002/hed.24674. Epub 2016 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 28000305. 13: Nixon IJ, Suárez C, Simo R, Sanabria A, Angelos P, Rinaldo A, Rodrigo JP, Kowalski LP, Hartl DM, Hinni ML, Shah JP, Ferlito A. The impact of family history on non-medullary thyroid cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct;42(10):1455-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2016.08.006. Epub 2016 Aug 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 27561845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5152753. 14: Sanabria A, Chaves ALF, Kowalski LP, Wolf GT, Saba NF, Forastiere AA, Beitler JJ, Nibu KI, Bradford CR, Suárez C, Rodrigo JP, Strojan P, Rinaldo A, de Bree R, Haigentz M Jr, Takes RP, Ferlito A. Organ preservation with chemoradiation in advanced laryngeal cancer: The problem of generalizing results from randomized controlled trials. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2017 Feb;44(1):18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.06.005. Epub 2016 Jul 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 27397024. 15: Morales-Uribe C, Ramírez A, Suarez-Poveda T, Ortiz M, Sanabria A. Diagnostic performance of CT angiography in neck vessel trauma: systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Radiol. 2016 Oct;23(5):421-31. doi: 10.1007/s10140-016-1412-3. Epub 2016 Jun 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 27250976. 16: Sánchez D, Chala A, Alvarez A, Payan C, Mendoza T, Cleeland C, Sanabria A. Psychometric Validation of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Module in the Spanish Language. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Jun;51(6):1055-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.12.320. Epub 2016 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 26899822. 17: Sanabria Á, Ramírez A. Economic analysis of routine neuromonitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerve in total thyroidectomy. Biomedica. 2015 Jul-Sep;35(3):363-71. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.v35i3.2371. PubMed PMID: 26849698. 18: Domínguez LC, Vega NV, Espitia EL, Sanabria ÁE, Corso C, Serna AM, Osorio C. [Impact of the flipped classroom strategy in the learning environment in surgery: A comparison with the lectures]. Biomedica. 2015 Oct-Dec;35(4):513-21. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.v35i4.2640. Spanish. PubMed PMID: 26844440. 19: Domínguez LC, Espitia EL, Vega NV, Sanabria ÁE. Teamwork attitude: not just a student issue. Med Educ. 2015 Nov;49(11):1154-5. doi: 10.1111/medu.12872. PubMed PMID: 26494086. 20: Ochoa-Escudero M, Herrera DA, Dublin AB, Sanabria A. Unicentric Castleman's disease in the posterior cervical space mimicking a schwannoma. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2016 Jun;133(3):191-3. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2015.08.014. Epub 2015 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 26361006.