Dr. Ignasi Català Antúnez

NEUROSURGEON AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTO CLAVEL
SPECIALIST IN SPINAL SURGERY, LUMBAR AND CERVICAL ADR WITH ANTERIOR APPROACH, LATERAL XLIF APPROACH, ADOLESCENT AND ADULT SCOLIOSIS, SACROILIAC FUSION USING THE IFUSE TECHNIQUE, ROBOTIC SURGERY AND NAVIGATION IN SPINAL SURGERY AND CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION SURGERY.

Dr. Ignasi Català Antúnez

Having been with the Instituto Clavel since its beginning has given me the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, and given me a very solid foundation in the treatment of spine surgery. Thanks to the commitment of the Institute to always provide the best training for all professionals, I have had the opportunity to do a fellowship at the USF Hospital in San Francisco, at the Tampa General Hospital in Florida and at the General Hospital of Bordeaux, hand in hand with the best world specialists, learning new techniques in spinal surgery.

Over the 10 years I have been with Instituto Clavel, I have been trained in lumbar and cervical arthroplasty techniques, in complex techniques for correcting scoliosis and spinal deformities, minimally invasive techniques such as XLIF and, more recently, in robotic surgery. During this time, I have also become the surgeon with the most experience in sacroiliac joint fusion surgery in Europe, which has given me the expertise to train others in this new technique.

As Deputy Director of Instituto Clavel, having an excellent medical team means a great responsibility. Having helped create this great team is a professional achievement that gives me great pride and satisfaction.

Since the opening of the IC Rehabilitation center, I have served as their medical director. We have managed to combine specialized spinal rehabilitation with adaptation to exercise after surgery. We have achieved this by forming a team that is highly specialized in the spinal column.

Experience

Neurosurgeon specialist in spine surgery at the Instituto Clavel (2011-present)

Attending physician of Neurosurgery at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (2011-2014)

Education

Residency in Neurosurgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (2006-2014)

Degree in Medicine, University of Barcelona (1999-2005)

Languages

Spanish

English

Catalan
 

Pathologies treated

LUMBAR AND CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE

ADULT SPINE DEFORMITY

ADOLESCENT SCOLIOSIS 

SACROILIITIS -SACROILIAC FUSION

SPINE TUMOR

SPINE FRACTURES

Treatments Pathologies

Other Academic, Scientific, and Professional activity

Courses taught and presentations given 

4th year course on spinal surgery Lleida-Pirineos. Instrumentation and surgical approaches. Hands on course on anterior approach spine surgery (February 2020).

3rd year course on spinal surgery Lleida-Pirineos. Instrumentation and surgical approaches. Hands on course on anterior approach spine surgery. (February 2019)

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Symposium I-Fuse. Madrid. Hands on course (February 2019).

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Symposium I-Fuse. Düsseldorf. Hands on course (March 2019).

MAST ALIF medtronic. Madrid. Hands on course (February 2018).

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Symposium I-Fuse. Düsseldorf. Hands on course (October 2017).

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Symposium I-Fuse. Madrid. Hands on course (April 2017).

Invited speaker -Congreso nacional Neurorraquis. Valencia. Presentation: Avances tecnológicos en cirugía de deformidad.

Profesor in Total Cervical Spine Solutions Medtronic Training Program. Madrid (October 2013).

Invited speaker: Lesiones de columna lumbar en el deporte: aportaciones de la prótesis lumbar. Tarragona (March 2013).

6th practical and theoretical course on skull base surgery (hands-on workshop). Petrous Approaches: Presigmoid and Transpetrous Approach. 

Profesor Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona (March 2017).

Research activity

Medical consultant for  NEOS surgery inc. Developer of implants for the brain and spine (2015–present).

CLEAR III trial. Research associate. Phase III clinical trial. Clot Lysis: Evaluation of Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Phase III (2010-2014).

IMPACT-24 trial (Brainsgate®). Research associate. Phase III clinical trial. Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation in the acute ischemic brain infarction effectiveness and safety trial. (2010-2014).

Humanitarian mission

Volunteer doctor in Africa with the Fundación Clavel and the NED Foundation. Seven missions carried out, 5 of them with the Fundación Clavel in the Adama project.

Surgical missions with the Fundación Clavel in Adama Hospital. Adama. Etiopía (October 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).

Surgical missions in association with the Fundación Ned en el hospital Mnazi Mmoja. Zanzibar. (September 2014 and September de 2015).

Read more

Publications

Abducens nerve palsy due to postraumatic retroclival and spinal subdural hematoma: case report and literature review. Revista de Neurocirugía.
Ignasi Catalá Antúnez, Cristian de Quintana-Schmidt, Pablo Clavel Laria, Guillermo Montes Graciano and Joan Molet Teixidó

Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing lumbar total disc replacement: A comparison with the general population. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Clavel Pablo, Gheorghe Ungureanu, Catalá Ignasi, Guillermo Montes, Xavier Málaga, Moisés Ríos

The effectiveness of gravitational valves in the prevention of over-drainage in adult patients with hydrocephalus. Revista de Neurología.
Cristian de Quintana Schmidt, Rodrigo Rodríguez Rodríguez, Joan Molet Teixidó, Pablo Clavel Laria, Ignasi Catalá Antúnez, Patricia Puerta Roldán, Guillermo Montes Graciano, Pere Tresserres Ribó, Fernando Muñoz Hernández and Frederic Bartumeus Jené

Decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of intracranial hypertension after acute meningoencephalitis.
Cristian de Quintana-Schmidt C, Nievas MV, Catalá-Antúnez I, Asencio-Cortes C, Betbese-Roig AJ, Molet-Teixido J.
Rev Neurol. 2012 Mar 1;54(5):317-8 Review

Share on: