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Program

Venue address:
Clarion Hotel Helsinki, Tyynenmerenkatu 2, 00220 Helsinki, Finland

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Friday 13th March 2026
34th Bi-Annual Meeting of the Nordic Urogynecological Association (NUGA)
08.00-08.30
Registration
08.30-08.40
Welcome by Congress President Kirsi Kuismanen (FI)
08.40-09.30
Chair: Kristin Jonsdottir (IS)
Bladder fibrosis: causes and consequences (40 min)
Marcus Drake (UK)
Discussion (10 min)
09.30-09.50
Coffee break in exhibition area
09.50-11.10
Chair: Rune Svenningsen (NO)
Consequences of oncological treatments on pelvic floor dysfunction
Anterior enteroceles after radical surgery for cancer (35 min)
Ingrid Vollöyhaug (NO)

Radical cystectomy for bladder cancer (35 min)
Eirik Kjøbli (NO)

Discussion (10 min)
11.10-11.30
Coffee break in exhibition area
11.30-12.00
12.35-13.45

12.45-13.30
Standing lunch in exhibition area
Lunch meeting for the Nordic Urogynecology Registries (special invite only)

Lunch symposium by Gold Sponsor Plus Pierre Fabre (45 min)
Speaker: To be announced
13.45-14.00
Chairs: Rune Svenningsen (NO) and Kristin Jonsdottir (IS)
Dissertation (a´ 10 + 5 min)

Intravesical onabotulinumtoxin A treatment in women with overactive bladder - Optimization of anesthesia and assessment of adverse effects.
Meryam El Issaoui (DK)
15.00-15.20
Coffee break in exhibition area
15.20-16.20
Chairs: Mette Hornum Bing (DK) and Riffat Cheema (SE)
The role of delivery method to the pelvic floor
Assisted vaginal delivery - risk on levator avulsions, risk on sphincters, risk on prolapse, risk of incontinence, scientific evidence (30 min)
Ingrid Vollöyhaug (NO)

Persistent anal incontinence after OASIS (30 min)
Ursula Aho Fält (SE)
16.20-16.40

16.40-16.50
Chair: Kirsi Kuismanen (FI)
Pelvic pain (20 min)
Jenny Backlin (SE)

History of NUGA (10 min)
Antti Valpas (FI)
19.00
Dinner at the venue. Dress code: Casual
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Saturday 14th March 2026
34th Bi-Annual Meeting of the Nordic Urogynecological Association (NUGA)
08.00-08.15
Registration
08.00-08.30
Morning symposium by Gold sponsor GE Healthcare (30 min)
08.30-09.30
Chair: Kristin Jonsdottir (IS)
How your microbiota may impact OAB symptoms and recurrent UTIs (30 min)
Louise Thomsen Schmidt Arenholt (DK)

Tips and tricks for sling operations - How to keep your success rate high and complications low? (30 min)
Knut Hordnes (NO)
09.30-09.50
Coffee break in exhibition area
10.50-12.30
Chairs: Rune Svenningsen (NO) and Kristin Jonsdottir (IS)
Conservative treatment of pelvic organ prolapse
Pessaries (15 min)
Berit Sejer Larsen (DK)

POP and pelvic floor exercise (20 min)
Ulla Due (DK)

Discussion (10 min)

Treatment options for recurrent anterior prolapse (30 min)
Kirsi Kuismanen (FI)

ID 35 Anterior/apical transvaginal mesh repair for recurrent or advanced pelvic organ prolapse: Perioperative safety and short-term subjective outcome.
Speaker: To be announced

ID 38 Pelvic floor dysfunction after a second-degree perineal tear and the impact of residual perineal body thickness - a historical cohort.
Niklas Rexelius (SE)

Digital Health Education Gynecological Well-Being: The Dr. Happy Vagina Initiative by Urogynecologist
Ida Bergman (SE)
12.30-13.45

12.45-13.30
Standing lunch in exhibition area
Lunch symposium
14.50-15.50
Chair: Kirsi Kuismanen (FI)
“Manchester City or Manchester United?”
The Manchester Procedure, two or three compartments?
Video on anterior and mid compartment (25 min)
Niels Klarskov (DK)

Rationale on adding the (kolpo)perineorraphy, video (25 min)
Sissel Oversand (NO)

Discussion (10 min)
15.50-16.10
Coffee break in exhibition area
16.10-16.40
Chair: Kirsi Kuismanen (FI)
Urological consequences of urogynecological operations (30 min)
Joergen Bjerregaard (DK) (online)
Discussion (10 min)
16.40-17.00
Closing and NUGA Awards

Registration desk opening hours (on site)

  • Thursday: 16:00–20:00
  • Friday: 07:30–19:00
  • Saturday: 08:00–16:00
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