Ricard Ramos Izquierdo

Assistant Professor of Embriology and Human Anatomy
Professor Associat d'Anatomia I Embriologia Humana
E-mail: ricardramos@ub.edu

Phone: +3493 4024231

Research Interests

Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Video-assisted thoracic surgery
Airway Surgery
Thoracic Simpathicolysis
Miastenia Gravis
Gross Anatomy, particularly clinical and surgical anatomy.
Radiologic Anatomy.
Postgraduate continued-learning of the surgical anatomy.

Current Projects

Positron Emission Tomography over Computed Tomography for staging in Lung Cancer
Anatomical basis of Autonomic nervous system
Technological developments in minimally invasive surgery

Selected Recent Publications

“Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: 41 cases”.
Macia I, Moya J, Ramos R, Morera R, Escobar I, Saumench J, Perna V, Rivas F.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Jun;31(6):1110-1114. Epub 2007 Apr 8.

“Anatomical redistribution of sweating after T2-T3 thoracoscopic
sympathicolysis: a study of 210 patients”.
Ramos R, Moya J, Macia I, Morera R, Escobar I, Perna V, Rivas F, Masuet C,
Saumench J, Villalonga R.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Mar 13; [Epub ahead of print]

“An assessment of anxiety in patients with primary hyperhidrosis before and after endoscopic thoracic sympathicolysis”.
Ramos R, Moya J, Morera R, Masuet C, Perna V, Macia I, Escobar I, Villalonga R.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2006 Aug;30(2):228-31.

“Results of high bilateral endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy and sympatholysis in the treatment of primary hyperhidrosis: a study of 1016 procedures”.
Moya J, Ramos R, Morera R, Villalonga R, Perna V, Macia I, Ferrer G.
Arch Bronconeumol 2006 May;42(5):230-4. Spanish.

“Iatrogenic tracheal rupture after tracheal intubation”.
Ramos Izquierdo R, Moya Amoros J, Morera Abad R, Pujol Rovira R, Perna V, Ferrer G.
Cir Esp 2006 Jul;80(1): 46-8. Spanish.

“Giant thymolipoma in association with a high production of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and an increased acetylcholine antibody titer”.
Perna V, Morera R, Ramos R, Macia I, Moya J.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jun;131(6):1412-3.
“Thoracic sympathicolysis for primary hyperhidrosis: a review of 918 procedures”.
Moya J, Ramos R, Morera R, Villalonga R, Perna V, Macia I, Ferrer G.
Surg Endosc 2006 Apr;20(4):598-602. Epub 2006 Jan 25.

“Primary hyperhidrosis and anxiety: a prospective preoperative survey of 158 patients”.
Ramos R, Moya J, Turon V, Perez J, Villalonga R, Morera R, Perna V, Ferrer G.
Arch Bronconeumol 2005 Feb;41(2):88-92. Spanish.

“Compensatory sweating after upper thoracic sympathectomy. Prospective study of 123 cases”
Moya J, Ramos R, Vives N, Perez J, Morera R, Perna V, Villalonga R, Ferrer G.
Arch Bronconeumol 2004 Aug;40(8):360-3. Spanish.

“Primary hyperhidrosis: prospective study in 338 patients”.
Ramos R, Moya J, Perez J, Villalonga R, Morera R, Pujol R, Ferrer G.
Med Clin (Barc). 2003 Jul 12;121(6):201-3. Spanish.

“Histopathological changes in sympathetic ganglia of patients treated
surgically for palmar-axillary hyperhidrosis. A study of 55 biopsies”.
Moya J, Ramos R, Prat J, Morera R, Bernat R, Villalonga R, Ferrer G.
Arch Bronconeumol. 2003 Mar;39(3):115-7. Spanish.

“Sympathetic dermatomes corresponding to T2 and T3 ganglia. A prospective study of 100 superior thoracic sympathicolytic procedures”.
Moya Amorós J, Prat Ortells J, Morera Abad R, Ramos Izquierdo R, Villalonga Badell R, Ferrer Recuero G.
Arch Bronconeumol. 2003 Jan;39(1): 19-22. Spanish.
Mediastinal Aortosympathetic Paraganglioma: Report of Two Cases.
Ramos R , Moya J, Villalonga R, Morera R, Ferrer G.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2007 Aug;15(4):e49-e51.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: 41 cases.
Macia I, Moya J, Ramos R , Morera R, Escobar I, Saumench J, Perna V, Rivas F.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Jun;31(6):1110-4. Epub 2007 Apr 8.
Anatomical redistribution of sweating after T2-T3 thoracoscopic sympathicolysis: a study of 210 patients.
Ramos R, Moya J, Macia I, Morera R, Escobar I, Perna V, Rivas F, Masuet C, Saumench J, Villalonga R.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Nov;21(11):2030-3. Epub 2007 Mar 13.
Thoracoscopic resection of bulky intrathoracic benign lesions.
Eur J Ca: Gossot D, Izquierdo RR , Girard P, Stern JB, Magdeleinat P.
Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Dec;32(6):848-51. Epub 2007 Oct 29.