BOB in Ped Surg 2023 - OVERALL WINNER - Dr. Rebeca Figueira - EUPSA
With Dr. Rebecca Figueira · hosted by Dr. Todd Ponsky · Live Event Content
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What the experts said
One finalist paper addressed whether there is always a tiny hole in hydrocele cases when performing single incision laparoscopic percutaneous closure of processus vaginalis without hydrocelectomy
The Hill-Snow procedure (a PEXI) may have questionable benefit compared to Lap Nissen, and benefit may depend on the type of PEXI, as other PEXI studies have not shown benefit
There are 1.5 million new publications per year in print journals
The winning paper was from Dr. Rebecca Figueira from the Hospital for Sick Children on fetal lung vascular development reduced by amniotic fluid stem cells extracellular vesicles in experimental congenital diaphragmatic hernia
This is the second year in a row that the same lab (Augusto Zani's lab) won the competition, with last year's presentation at CAS and this year's from EUPSA