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29
th
CONGRESS OF THE ESPU
Dear Colleagues and Friends;
It is with great pleasure that we provide you the digital abstracts book
of the 29
th
Congress of the European Society for Paediatric Urology.
The Scientific Program of this 29
th
ESPU is rich and promising thanks
to your usual contribution by submitting valuable abstracts. We have
received from 52 countries a total of 455 abstracts (358 clinical abstracts,
33 Basic research and 64 videos).
In order to keep objectivity and criteria for abstracts selection, we have kept our review-
ing process respecting as usual the anonymous principle. Reviewers online were divided
in 6 groups of 7, and each group reviewed only 50 abstracts in average. Each abstract was
scored according to seven major criteria. Our first challenge was to choose 42 reviewers
for clinical abstracts, 8 for basic research (coordinated by Pr. Christian Radmayr) and
6 for video scoring. This task was surprisingly the easiest, as we have received an answer
frommost of the reviewers within 24 hours expressing their willing to help us in this deli-
cate process. It was so great to have the chance to work with such enthusiastic group, all
members of the ESPU, coming from 26 European and extra-European countries. Finally,
scores came back on time! We are thankful to the exceptional work of our Webmaster
in the management of this process.
The scientific committee, composed this year of 7 members and co-chaired by Pr. Pedro
Lopez PEREIRA, had intensive sessions of work on the 7
th
and the 8
th
of December to fi-
nalize the scientific program. The committee was enriched with the participation of the
Educational and Research Committees’ Presidents to strengthen and harmonize the
scientific program (please refer to the list of the reviewers online and members of the
Scientific Committee).
This year program includes 19 hours of standard presentations sessions, more than
200 selected clinical and basic research abstracts and videos. The program is also rich
of Lectures, Panels, Educational Session run by the Educational Committee, History
Session andWorkshops. Case Reports, Tips and Tricks andWorst Complications Sessions
have given large satisfaction last year and you will find them again this year with more
time for discussions. The new Research Committee has given a significant input by work-
shops and special sessions. Group of Young Pediatric Urologist has also special activities
in the program and will give us the program highlights every day. The ESPU-Nurses
group have their usual interesting meeting running on a three-day program this year.
To continue the ESPU policy to extend our collaboration with other societies, this year
we have a state of the art lecture from EUPSA and Panelist from ESPN.
Thank you again for your contribution to the success of the ESPU, and I hope that the
program will be up to your expectations. Please pay attention to the detailed evaluation
questionnaire and answer on time. Your comments and evaluations are very valuable for
us to keep improving.
Looking forward to meeting you in Helsinki.
On behalf of the scientific committee
Professor Alaa El Ghoneimi, MD, PhD, FEAPU
ESPU Scientific Secretary