EUPSA 2021 Congress– Awards

Young Investigator Awards

1st Prize

MicroRNA´s in amniotic fluid stem cell extracellular vesicles modulate lung development in experimental congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Kasra Khalaj, Rebeca Figueira, Lina Antounians, Martin Post, Augusto Zani (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada – University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)

2nd Prize

Circular RNA profiles isolated from amniotic fluids can distinguish between CDH survivors and non-survivors

Richard Wagner, Jan Deprest, Daywin Patel, Christopher Pascoe, Martin Lacher, Richard Keijzer (University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada – University Hospitals Leuven and Academic Department Development and Regeneration, Leuven, Belgium – Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics & Child Health, Winnipeg, Canada – Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Winnipeg, Canada – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada – Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Winnipeg, Canada – University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany – Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics & Child Health, Winnipeg, Canada – Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Winnipeg, Canada)

Case report Awards

1st Prize

Can 3D ultrasound replace the distal colostogram in anorectal malformations?

Francesca Palmisani, Wilfried Krois, Janina Patsch, Martin Metzelder, Carlos Reck-Burneo (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical Univeristy of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

2nd Prize

Omphalopagus conjoined twins with congenital diaphragmatic hernia requiring emergent surgery because of instability of one of them

Marta Martos Rodríguez, José Andrés Molino, Gabriela Guillén, Sergio López, Javier Bueno, Carlos Giné, Silvia Arévalo, Carlota Rodó, Manuel López (Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)

3rd Prize

Combined liver and islet transplantation in a cystic fibrosis child

Lucas Rabaux, Carmen Capito, Raphael Meier, Jacques Beltrand, Volodia Dangouloff-Ros, Monique Fabre, Sylvain Renolleau, Stephania Quercia Grossa, Florence Lacaille, Thierry Berney, Christophe Chardot (Necker Enfants Malades hospital, pediatric surgery, Paris, France – Cell Isolation and Transplantation Center, Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva,, Geneva, Switzerland – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, pediatric endocrinology, Paris, France – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, radiology, Paris, France – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, histopathology, Paris, France – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, pediatric intensive care unit, Paris, France – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, pediatric surgery, Paris, France – Necker Enfants Malades hospital, pediatric hepatology, Paris, France – Cell Isolation and Transplantation Center, Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva,, Geneva, Switzerland)

Best Poster Award

1st Prize

Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA): A novel surgical technique for scarless thyroidectomy in pediatric surgery

Emre Divarci1, Hilmican Ulman1, Geylani Ozok1, Samim Ozen2, Murat Ozdemir3, Ozer​ Makay3 (Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Surgery, Izmir, Turkey – Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Izmir, Turkey)

2nd Prize

Fetoscopic approach for prenatal myelomeningocele repair using dural patch offers not inferior quality to open fetal surgery

Braxton Forde, Charles B. Stevenson, Mounira Habli, Sammy Tabbah, Foong-Yen Lim, Jose L. Peiro​ (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA)

3rd Prize

Training of the steps of the transanal endorectal pull-through on a take home simulation mode

Maja Joosten1, Guus Bökkerink1, Marko Mesić2, Paola Midrio3, Michael Stanton4, Ivo De Blaauw1, Sanne Botden1 (Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands – Children’s Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia – Ospedale Cà Foncello, Treviso, Italy – University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire, United Kingdom)