Publications

1. 2016 Villarreal R, Luna Jaspe C, Cabrera LF, Vinck E. Hernia de Amyand encarcelada, revisión de la literatura y reporte de un caso en una institución de tercer nivel en Bogotá. Revista Colombiana de Cirugía. 2016 Dec;31(4):283-8.

2. 2018 Barrios R, Serna A, Carvajal C, Villate J, Vargas LF, Vinck E, Ussa SS, Ciro MP. Right mainstem bronchoplasty 18 years following thoracic spinal implant surgery. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2018 Jan 1;24:153-4.

3. 2018 Vinck EE, Garzón JC, Peterson T, Villarreal R, Cabrera L, Van den Eijnden L. Tension hydrothorax: Emergency decompression of a pleural cause of cardiac tamponade. The American journal of emergency medicine. 2018 Apr 21.

4. 2018 Medellin A, Vinck EE, Cabrera L, Peterson T. Post-polypectomy Syndrome presenting with “micro-perforation” and pneumoperitoneum: Conservative approach for a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. Rev Colomb Cir. 2018;33:318-22.

5. 2018 Lopera CA, Vergnaud JP, Cabrera LF, Sanchez S, Pedraza M, Vinck EE, Pulido J. Preventative laparoscopic repair of Petersen’s space following gastric bypass surgery reduces the incidence of Petersen’s hernia: a comparative study. Hernia. 2018 Aug 28:1-5.

6. 2018 Vinck EE. General thoracic surgery as a subspecialty in Colombia. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2019 Jun;157(6):2542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.036

7. 2018 Rivero Rapalino O, Garcia‐Herreros L, Barragán Leal C, Kock S, Salcedo Miranda D, Vinck EE. Endovascular management of bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformations presenting with a spontaneous hemothorax. J Card Surg. 2018;1–3. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.13955

8. 2019 Téllez LJ, Garzón JC, Vinck EE, Castellanos JD. Video-assisted thoracoscopic cardiac denervation of refractory ventricular arrhythmias and electrical storms: a single-center series. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2019 Dec;14(1):17.

9. 2019 Cadena M, Solano J, Caycedo N, Gomez D, Vinck EE, Quiroga P, Gaete P. Tension Pneumoperitoneum: Case report of a rare form of Acute abdominal compartment syndrome. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019 Jan 29;55:112-116. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.01.014

10. 2019 Villarreal RA, Vinck EE, Cabrera LF, Zuchini AC, Jiménez C. Divertículo único de yeyuno con obstrucción intestinal y abdomen agudo. Rev Colomb Cir. 2019;34:69-74. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.100

11. 2019 Vinck EE, Martínez SI, Barrios RV, Téllez LJ, Garzón JC, García-Herreros L. Facing the challenges of perioperative air leaks using water seal in Colombia. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 2019 May 24:0218492319853991.

12. 2019 Eric E. Vinck, Ricardo A. Villarreal, Carlos Luna-Jaspe, Luis F. Cabrera, Tim F. Peterson, Felipe Bernal & Carmen L. Roa (2019): Low intra-operative diagnostic accuracy does not affect postoperative treatment of acute appendicitis, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2019.1642578.

13. 2019 Cadena ME, Vinck E, Santivañez JJ, Vergara Gómez A. Biomarkers for Intestinal Failure in Short Bowel syndrome: A new era in GI rehabilitation? Rev Colomb Cir. 2019;34:277-82. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.440

14. 2019 Vinck EE, Cardiac Surgery in Colombia: History, Advances, and Current Perceptions of Training, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.079

15. 2020 Andrade D, Vinck EE, Torres LN, Citarella D. Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two‐case report. J Card Surg. 2020; 1– 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14525

16. 2020 Pinilla RE, Vinck EE, Oliveros R, Carvajal C. Robotic Esophagectomy in Colombia: A step forward in a developing country. Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2020 May 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lers.2020.05.001

17. 2020 Vinck EE, Vervoort D. Cardiac surgery air-bridging in the Caribbean. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;S1043 0679(20)30126-X. https://doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.002

18. 2020 Andrade D, Vinck EE, Torres LN. Two-stage Omental Flap Approach for Ascending Aortic Graft Infection. Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(3): XII-XIV. DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0040

19. 2020 Vervoort D, Vinck EE, Tiwari KK, Tapaua N, Cardiac Surgery and Small Island States: A Bridge Too Far?, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.athoracsur.2020.05.150.

20. 2020 Vargas LF, Torregrosa L, Guevara O, Pedraza M, Carrera JA, Villarreal RA, Vinck E, Cabrera L, Ferrada P, Chen H. Low-cost devices to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection during open, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Jul 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.014

21. 2020 Herrera B, Vinck EE, Dear and Glorious Physician, who are we in COVID-19?, Ethics, Medicine and Public Health (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100576

22. 2020 Andrade D, Vinck EE, Orozco D, Porcelain Pericardium with Cardiac Caging, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.048.

23. 2020 Becerra VD, Pinzón LT, Segura JA, Felipe L, Vargas C, Ciro MP, Ussa SS, Geerman EV, Arce T. Síndrome de Rapunzel. Reporte de un caso. Acta Gastroenterológica Latinoamericana. 2020 Sep;50(3):341-4.

24. 2020 Andrade D, Vinck EE, Parra JF, Balkhy HH, Núñez F. Robotic Cardiac Surgery in Colombia: Overcoming the Challenges of a Middle-income Setting. Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2020 - Ahead of print. DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0064

25. 2020 Vinck EE, Montes Villalobos L, Martίnez SI, The Women of Colombian Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery: a survey-based assessment, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.11.008

26. 2020 JC Garzón, EE Vinck, DC Cárdenas, LJ Téllez. Video-assisted thoracoscopic iodopovidone pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions in moderate to high-risk Colombian patients. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2020;12(4): 328-333. doi: 10.34172/jcvtr.2020.52

27.2020 Vinck, E. E., García Herreros, L., & Jiménez, A. (2020). Manejo quirúrgico de un tumor desmoide intra-torácico. Revista Colombiana De Neumología, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.30789/rcneumologia.v31.n2.2019.373

28. 2021 Vinck EE, Ebels T, Hittinger R, Peterson TF. Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Caribbean. Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb 1. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0377. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33577262.

29. 2021 Parra JF, Vinck EE, González JN, Santos H. Aortic root replacement in a patient with previous coronary artery bypass. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. February 2021. doi:10.1177/0218492321997387

30. 2021 García-Herreros LG, Jiménez A, Cabrera LF, Vinck EE, Pedraza M. Early presentation of post-intubation tracheoesophageal fistula with severe tracheal stenosis in COVID-19 patient. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2021 Mar 8. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2020.7065. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33682425.

31. 2021 Parra, JF, Vinck, EE, Sánchez, O, Jiménez, AF, Núñez, F. Emergency CABG for a migrated stent in a COVID‐19 positive patient. J Card Surg. 2021; 1‐ 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15523

32. 2021 Vinck EE, Ángel EP, Barrios RV, Martínez SI, Arias CA, Garzón JC, Ebels T, Alzate SA, Fernández A. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy For Penetrating Cardiac Box Injury in Stable Patients. Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2021- Ahead of print: 1-7. DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0361

33. 2021 Andrade D, Vinck EE, Zuluaga JF. Valve-sparing thrombectomy for aortic-valve bio-prosthetic thrombosis. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. April 2021. doi:10.1177/02184923211010098

34. 2021 M.R. Buitrago, M. Guerrero, K.L. Eckland, A.M. Ramírez, E.E. Vinck, Robot-assisted lobectomy in a patient with poor lung function: Anotheradvantage of robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lers.2021.04.001

35. 2021 Smood, B, Spratt, JR, Mehaffey, JH, Luc, JG, Vinck, EE, et al. COVID-19 and cardiothoracic surgery: effects on training and workforce utilization in a global pandemic. J Card Surg. 2021; 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15773

36. 2021 Vinck EE, Rendón JC, Andrade D, Escobar JJ, Núñez F, Sardari Nia P. Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Colombia: Evolution and the Impact of International Training. Innovations. August 2021. doi:10.1177/15569845211030982

37. 2021 Quintero A, Vinck EE, Pérez LE, Escobar JJ, Rendón JC, Uribe JD. Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation and emergency C-section for a pregnant COVID-19 positive patient. Perfusion. October 2021. doi:10.1177/02676591211049769

38. 2021 Rivas UE, Vinck EE, Jiménez OP, Vásquez M, Cardiovascular Surgery in Panama: Evolution and Training, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.10.001

39. 2021 Romero A, Robayo D, Vinck E, Triviño A, Sacipa S, Gómez E. Hernia de Garengeot y revisión de las variantes de hernias encarceladas. Rev Colomb Cir. 2022;37:122-8. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.893

40. 2021 Vinck E, Elbatarny M, Vervoort D, Nguyen T, Opportunities for International Cardiac Surgical Training: Toward the Global Cardiac Surgery Resident https://www.ctsnet.org/article/opportunities-international-cardiac-surgi... November 25, 2021

41. 2021 Eric E. Vinck, Katherine M. van Ierland, Juan C. Rendón, José J. Escobar, Alejandro Quintero Gómez, Clara I. Saldarriaga, Thomas van Brakel, Robert J.M. Klautz & Diana Cardenas (2021) Peri-operative Nutrition in Cardiovascular surgery: current Pitfalls and Future directions, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2021.2020009

42. 2022 Vinck, E.E., Vervoort, D., Tiwari, K.K. et al. Destination left ventricular assist devices in island states: asking too much or the inevitable solution. Cardiothorac Surg 30, 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-021-00065-0

43. 2022 J.J. Escobar, E.E. Vinck, A. Quintero-Gómez, J.C. Rendón, T.C. Nguyen, A call to evolve cardiovascular surgery training programs. Rev Colomb Cardiol. 2022;29(1):3-6. DOI: 10.24875/RCCAR.21000153

44. 2022 E.E. Vinck, B. Smood, L. Barros et al., Robotic cardiac surgery training during residency: Preparing residents for the inevitable future, Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lers.2022.03.002

45. 2022 Rendón, JC, Vinck, EE, Quintero Gómez, A, Escobar, JJ, Suárez, S, Echeverri, DA. Bench bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in a donor heart before transplantation. J Card Surg. 2022; 1- 2. doi:10.1111/jocs.16519

46. 2022 A.E. Sánchez, J.F. Parra, F. Núñez, O. Sánchez, V. Caicedo, E.E. Vinck, Double-valve replacement for aortic and tricuspid autoimmune endocarditis, Cir Cardiov., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.circv.2022.04.002

47. 2022 Eric E. Vinck, Juan C. Rendón, Maria P. Castillo, José J. Escobar, Alejandro Quintero Gómez, Sharoon Suárez & Clara I. Saldarriaga (2022) MitraClip as bridge to mitral valve replacement in the setting of ischemic cardiogenic shock and papillary muscle rupture, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2022.2146297

48. 2022 Vinck EE, Rendón JC, Escobar JJ, Gómez AQ, Pérez LE, Cañas EM, Echeverri DA, Fernández RL, Quintero ÁM, Hernández AV. Thirty-five Years of Heart Transplantation in Medellín: Colombia's First Center for Cardiac Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1;106(12):2263-2266. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004159. Epub 2022 Nov 22. PMID: 36436094.

49. 2022 Quintero Gómez A, Vinck EE, Suárez S, et al. Miniature Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Banding in Neonates (MINI-MICS): A Novel Technique. Innovations. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/15569845221138268

50. 2023 Vinck EE, Zapata RA, Rendón JC, Medina CM, Escobar JJ, Tobón MP, Colorado MF, Vargas AR, Uribe JD, Villegas AL. Twenty-five Years of Lung Transplantation in Medellín: Overcoming the Challenges of an Emerging Country. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Mar 13:S1043-0679(23)00037-0. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2023.03.001.

51. 2023 Vinck E, Lind C, Lung Transplantation Challenges in Colombia: An Interview with Eric Vinck https://www.ctsnet.org/article/lung-transplantation-challenges-colombia-... July 25, 2023

52. 2023 Vinck E, Mody G. Discussion to: Twenty-Five Years of Lung Transplantation in Medellín: Overcoming the Challenges of an Emerging Country. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep 18:S1043-0679(23)00097-7. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2023.08.001.

53. 2024 Effiom VB, Michael AJ, Ahmed FK, Anyinkeng AB, Ibekwe JL, Alassiri AK, Femi-Lawal VO, Vinck EE, Cardiothoracic Surgery Training in Africa: History and Developments, JTCVS Open (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2024.03.005.

54. 2024 Vinck EE, Escobar JJ, Rendon JC. Facing the Challenges of Heart and Lung Harvesting and Procurement in Resource Limited Settings: Colombia. April 2024. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.25691376

55. 2024 Robotic surgery in low- and middle-income countries. J Burke, J Gnanaraj, J Dhanda, B Martins, EE Vinck, A Saklani, and D Harji. The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2024 106:3, 138-141. https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2024.54