2014 Congress Awards

24th World Congress, 14th - 17th September 2014, Barcelona, Spain

Congratulations to all our award winners who were acknowledged during the 23rd World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Barcelona. 

 

FREE COMMUNICATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Top abstract winner 

Differences in term brain cortical development and metabolism assessed by magnetic resonance in fetuses with major congenital heart defects (OC01.04).

 

Young investigator award winner - Obstetrics 

 

Young investigator winner - Gynecology 

 

Best Oral Communications

The following oral communications were each selected as the best in their subject area. Selection was according to a combination of anonymous peer-review in advance of the Congress and scores for presentation and/or scientific merit allocated on-site by a panel of judges.

 

Aneuploidy and fetal anomalies - first trimester 

 

Aneuploidy and fetal anomalies - second trimester

 

 

Fetal echocardiography, CHD and cardiac function

 

 

Fetal interventions

 

 

Fetal neurology and CNS anomalies

 

 

Imaging technology including MRI

 

 

Maternal and fetal Doppler including fetal growth

 

 

 

Multiple pregnancy

 

 

Role of ultrasound in patient safety

 

 

Ultrasound in term and preterm labour

 

 

Abnormal uterine bleeding and fibroids

 

Differences between proximal and distal endometrial echo thickness in Ostmenopausal women undergoing saline infusion sonohysterography [SIS] (OC13.03)

O. Rotenberg, G. Doulaveris, J. Gebb, M. Renz, P. Dar

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AECOM, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA

 

Early pregnancy complications

Ultrasonographic factors predicting a poor outcome in pregnancies between 8 and 10+6 week’s gestation (OC19.04)

C. Votino¹, M. Guizani¹, D. Gayraud², M. Condorelli¹, R. Votino¹, A. Votino¹, F. Gubana¹, T. Cos¹

¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium; ²Science and Statistic, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

 

Imaging in oncology

 

Subjective ultrasound assessment and ultrasound-guided tru-cut biopsy to differentiate primary ovarian cancer from metastatic non-ovarian cancer (OC06.02)

E. Epstein, S. Nikman

Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Managing ovarian masses

 

Ultrasound diagnosis of serous surface papillary borderline ovarian tumor: a case series (OC03.07)

M. Ludovisi^{1, 2}, X. Foo¹, S. Mainenti^1,2, A.C. Testa², R. Arora³, D. Jurkovic¹

¹Gynecology Diagnostic and Treatment Unit, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy; ³Department of Histopathology, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

 

Pelvic pain and endometriosis

 

Magnetic resonance enema versus rectal water contrast transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis (OC16.01)

S. Ferrero¹, U. Leone Roberti Maggiore¹, E. Tafi¹, C. Scala¹, P.L. Venturini¹, E. Biscaldi², V. Remorgida¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; ²Department of Radiology, Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy

 

Reproductive medicine

 

Do the different PCOS criteria predict pregnancy and neonatal outcome? (OC22.08)

M. Kollmann¹, F. G¨ unther¹, V. Schneider¹, H. Sereina⁴, W.P. Martins², N. Raine-Fenning³, P. Klaritsch¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; ³Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom; ⁴Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI), Medical University of Graz, Graz,

Austria

 

Best Short Oral Presentations (oral posters)

The following short oral presentations were each selected as the best in their subject area. Selection was according to a combination of anonymous peer-review in advance of the Congress and scores for presentation and/or scientific merit allocated on-site by a panel of judges.

 

Aneuploidy and fetal anomalies - first trimester

 

A potential role of circulating LHCGR forms for the prediction of pre-eclampsia in the first trimester of pregnancy (OP03.01)

F. Crovetto^1,2, F. Figueras¹, F. Crispi¹, S. Triunfo^1,3, M. Pugia⁴, L. Lasalvia⁴, A. Chambers⁵, W. Mills⁵, S. Banerjee⁵, I. Mercade⁶, E. Casals⁶, E. Gratacós¹

¹Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Milan, Italy; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rome, Italy; ⁴Department of Strategic Innovation, Munich, Germany; ⁵Origin Biomarkers,

Lanarkshire, United Kingdom; 6Bioqu´ımica i Gen`etica Molecular, Barcelona, Spain

 

Aneuploidy and fetal anomalies - second trimester

 

Prenatal diagnosis of intra-abdominal cystic lesions: accuracy of fetal ultrasonography (OP28.07)

G. Marchitelli¹, J. Stirnemann¹, V. Rousseau², M. Acanfora¹, L.J. Salomon¹, Y. Ville¹

¹Maternit´e, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Universit´e Paris Descartes, Paris, France; ²Chirurgie P´ediatrique, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Universit´e Paris Descartes, Paris, France

 

Fetal echocardiography, CHD and cardiac function

 

Presence or absence of anterograde flow of Ebstein anomaly can be estimated with peak flow velocity of tricuspid valve regurgitation (OP01.08)

 

T. Tanaka, N. Kanagawa, N. Inamura, Y. Kawazu

Pediatric, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Japan

 

Fetal interventions

 

Fetal aortic valvuloplasty: investigating institutional bias in multicenter contributions to studies (OP34.01)

H. Gardiner^{1, 2}, A. Kovacevic^{4, 3}, M. Mellander⁵, A. Ohman⁶, M. Roughton^{9, 3}, J.H. Dangel⁸, R. Mair⁷, A. Magee³, O. Ghez³, G. Tulzer⁷

¹Texas Fetal Center, University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; ²Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; ³Pediatric Cardiology and Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ⁴Pediatric Cardiology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany; ⁵Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; ⁶Pediatric Cardiology,

Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; ⁷Pediatric Cardiology and Surgery, Children’s Heart Center, Linz, Austria; ⁸Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical

University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ⁹Medical statistics, Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom

 

Fetal neurosonography and CNS anomalies

 

Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal outcome of Blake pouch cyst: a prospective multicentre study (OP19.03)

K. Yusupov^{1, 2}, E. Nedopekina³, M. Esetov⁴, I. Rjabov², G. Bekeladze⁵

¹ICDC, Kazan, Russian Federation; ²Medical State Academy, Kazan, Russian Federation; ³Medexpert, Kazan, Russian Federation; ⁴Dagestan State Nedical Academy, Mahachkala,

Russian Federation; 5Republic Medical Genetic Center, Mahachkala, Russian Federation

 

Imaging technology including MRI

 

The effect of e-learning on the quality of cervical length measurements (OP23.03)

M.A. van Os¹, J. van der Ven², P. Bloemendaal³, E. Pajkrt², C.J. De Groot¹, B.J. Mol⁴, M.C. Haak⁵

¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, VU Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The

Netherlands; ³Department of Surgery and Education, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; ⁴Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Robinson Institute, School

of Pediatrics and Reproductive Health, Adelaide, SA, Australia; 5Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

 

Maternal and fetal Doppler including fetal growth

 

Fetal cardiovascular programming in growth restricted 6 month-old infants with and without catch-up growth (OP21.02)

M. Cruz-Lemini, B. Valenzuela-Alcaraz, F. Crispi, F. Figueras, E. Gratacós

BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Cl´ınic and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu), Institut d’Investigacions Biom`ediques August Pi i Sunyer,

Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 

Multiple pregnancy

 

Perinatal outcome after laser treatment for twin–twin transfusion syndrome in triplet pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F. D’Antonio, A. Khalil, A. Bhide, B. Thilaganathan

Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, St George’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

 

Role of ultrasound in patient safety

Birthweight and estimated fetal weight discordance and neonatal morbidity in twins: the STORK multiple pregnancy cohort (OP21.10)

A. Khalil, F. D’Antonio, M. Warren, T. D. Dias, B. Thilaganathan.

Fetal Medicine Unit, St George’s Hospital, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Asma Khalil (United Kingdom)

 

Role of ultrasound in patient safety

 

Ultrasound (US) predictors of placental invasion: the placenta accreta index (OP17.10)

M. Rac¹, J.S. Dashe¹, E. Wells¹, E. Moschos¹, D.D. McIntire¹, D.M. Twickler^{2, 1}

¹Obstetrics & Gynecology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; ²Radiology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA

 

Ultrasound in term and preterm labour

 

Quantitative ultrasound texture analysis of fetal lungs to predict neonatal respiratory morbidity (OP02.11)

E. Bonet-Carne¹, M. Palacio^{2, 3}, T. Cobo^{2, 3}, A. Perez-Moreno¹, M. Lopez², J. Piraquive², J. RAmirez², F. Marques⁴, E. Gratacós^{2, 3}

¹Transmural Biotech S.L., Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine - ICGON, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; ³Fetal and Perinatal Medicine Research Group, IDIBAPS and CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTECH, Barcelona, Spain

 

Abnormal uterine bleeding and fibroids

 

Reproducibility of 3D-transvaginal sonography by VCI analysis to differentiate endometrial polyp and hyperplasia in pre-menopausal women (OP16.01)

F. Leone, F. Parisi, C. Marciante, A. Crepaldi, C. Lanzani, S. de Meo, I. Cetin

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, DSC L. Sacco, Milan, Italy

 

Early pregnancy complications

 

Should women with a previous ectopic pregnancy be allowed to self- refer? (OP24.09)

M. Islam¹, S. Woldman², S. Merritt³, A. Weaver¹, J. Hamilton¹

¹Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ³Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

 

Imaging in oncology

 

The association of changes in cervical cancerechogenicity and vascularization with treatment effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (OP09.06)

F. Frühauf¹, A. Dueckelmann², D. Fischerová¹, M. Zikan¹, I. Pinkavova¹, L. Dusek³, P. Dundr⁴, D. Cibula¹

¹Gynecological Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; ²Department of Gynecology, Charité University Hospital, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; ³Institute for Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; ⁴Department of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Managing ovarian masses

 

Prevalence of various ultrasonographic findings in cases of ovarian torsion (OP04.04)

P. Sladkevicius, S. Saghir, L. Valentin

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

 

Pelvic pain and endometriosis

 

Bladder endometriosis: songraphic features useful for surgical treatment (OP20.03)

C. Exacoustos¹, G. De Felice², A. Di Giovanni³, L. Lazzeri², M. Malzoni³, F. Petraglia², E. Zupi²

¹Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy; ²Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; ³Advanced Gynecological Endoscopy Center, Malzoni Medical Center, Avellino, Italy

 

Reproductive medicine

 

Does morphology of uterine septum have an impact on reproductive outcome? An observational study on 180 septate uteri evaluated with 3D TVS (OP31.01)

V. Romeo¹, I. Cobuzzi ^2,4, E. Valli¹, F. Baiocco⁴, M. Romanini⁴, E. Zupi³, C. Exacoustos¹

¹Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy; ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; ³Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; ⁴Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy

 

Urogynecology

 

Can pelvic floor trauma be predicted antenatally? (OP14.01)

J. Caudwell-Hall¹, I. Kamisan Atan¹, A. Martin², R.A. Guzman Rojas¹, S.E. Langer¹, C. Shek³, H.P. Dietz¹

1Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sydney Medical School Nepean, Penrith, NSW, Australia; ²NHMRC Clinical Trials Center, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia