54TH EDITION
International Symposium of Pediatric Surgery
Four days of clinical exchange on newborn abdominal surgery, endocrine pediatric surgery and pediatric trauma held in the Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, high in the Ötztal Alps.
AT A GLANCE
DATES
17 – 20 January 2027
VENUE
Universitätszentrum Obergurgl
Gaisbergweg 5, A-6456 Obergurgl
ORGANISATION
Dept. of Pediatric Surgery,
Medical University of Vienna
Pediatric surgical meeting in the mountains
In 2027 the 54th meeting of the International Symposium of Pediatric Surgery in Obergurgl (ISPS) will take place. We start this year with a new website. The congress focus, as usual, on a few topics of pediatric surgery. The principle of the meeting is Old meets Young which means a few State of the Art lectures and plenty of space for oral presentations by surgical residents or investigators.
Main topics
Abdominal Surgery in Newborns
NEC, intestinal atresia, controversies: ileostomy of primary anastomosis etc.
Endocrine Pediatric Surgery
Thyreoid and adrenal surgery; work-up, outcomes, surgical technique etc.
Pediatric Trauma Surgery
Polytrauma, abdominal trauma, thoracic trauma, etc.
AI and pediatric surgery
Clinical decision support, imaging and outcome prediction etc.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts are welcome on all four main topics.
Submission closes 1 November 2026.