Prizes distributed during the annual congress

BEST PAPER AWARD supported by the ESPU
Loes FM van der Zanden (Nijmegen – The Netherlands)
“Common variants in DGKK are strongly associated with risk of hypospadias”

FIRST PRIZE NURSES PRESENTATION RESEARCH supported by the ESPU
Maria Cederblad (Uppsala – Sweden)
“I wish there was a magic pill that made everything work, but there isn’t – Swedish parents’ experiences of enuresis”

FIRST PRIZE NURSES PRESENTATION CLINICAL supported by the ESPU
Margrethe Maegaard (Copenhagen – Denmark)
“Online parent/patient network – How does it benefit families and hospital staff ?”

KELM HJÄLMÅS FIRST PRIZE BASIS RESEARCH supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Srinivas Madduri (Zürich – Switzerland)
“Collagen/Silk Fibroin Based Hybrid Biomaterial with Sustained Relase of Nerve Growth Factor for Axonal Regeneration in Bladder Tissue Engineering”

KELM HJÄLMÅS SECOND PRIZE BASIS RESEARCH supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Stefan Van Vuuren (Utrecht – The Netherlands)
“Compensatory Renal Growth in Congenital Solitary Kidneys : Hyperplasia or Hypertrophy ?”

KELM HJÄLMÅS THIRD PRIZE BASIS RESEARCH supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Karen Aitkin (Toronto – Canada)
“Estrogen-Treatment of the Genital Tubercle (GT) leads to Down Regulation of theFibronectin1 and Differential Pathway Activation”

KELM HJÄLMÅS FIRST PRIZE POSTER CLINICAL supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Thi Hoa Duong (Gothenburg – Sweden)
“Development of Bladder Control in Healthy Children does Early Potty Training Influence Emptying Ability?”

KELM HJÄLMÅS SECOND PRIZE POSTER CLINICAL  supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Peter Rubenwolf (Mainz – Germany)
“Persistent Histological Changes in the Exstrophic Bladder after Primary Closure a Cause for Concern ?”

KELM HJÄLMÅS THIRD PRIZE BASIS RESEARCH (shared prize) supported by an unrestricted grant of Ferring
Mohan Gundeti (Chicago – USA)
“Is Pelvic Plexus Nerve Identification possible during Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation (RALUR) ?”

Anne-Karoline Ebert (Regensburg – Germany)
“Morphologic and Functional Hip Long-Term Results after Exstrophy Repair”

FIRST PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION
Gunter De Win (Antwerp – Belgium)
“There is no Benefit for Pubertal/Schoolboys Screening and Treatment of Varicoceles in regards for Adult Paternity Chance”

SECOND PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION
Annelies Jansonius (Utrecht – The Netherlands)
“Diffusion Tensor MRI and Tractography of the Sacral Plexus”

THIRD PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION
Michael Ritchey (Phoenix – USA)
“Treatments and Outcomes for Wilms Tumor Patients with End STAGE Renal Disease”

FIRST PRIZE VIDEO PRESENTATION
Rosa M Romero (Madrid – Spain)
“Pneumovesicoscopic Bladder Diverticulectomy”