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)