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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Department of pediatric surgery provides quality undergraduate education and postgraduate research opportunities in pediatric and neonatal surgery. All teaching personnel are practicing specialists with experience in pediatric abdominal, endoscopic, colorectal, thoracic, urologic, neonathal, plastic, orthopedic and trauma surgery fields. Department is based in Children's Clinical University Hospital in Riga which is one of the leading pediatric hospitals in Baltics. This allows to give our students and residents a deep dive in practical management of real patients, participate in different diagnostic and treatment procedures.
Department's current fields of research are: 1) neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis 2) developement of new acute appendicitis differentiation and treatment methods 3) pain management in surgical conditions
4) patient safety
Our department staff participates in numerous european and international pediatric surgeon associations and cooperates with renown specialists from UK, Finland and other countries both in education and practical experience exchange.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Jurijs Bormotovs
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Clinical simulations - Teacher
- Department of Paediatric Surgery
Person: Ph.D. student
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Microbiome, metabolome and biomarker analysis in neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis
Karlsons, J. (Project leader), Skadiņš, I. (Supervisor) & Ābola, Z. (Supervisor)
3/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: PhD projects
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Complex vascularised fibula growth zone transplant growth potential and biomechanic evolution of the donor site
Kalniņa, L. (Project leader) & Ozols, D. (Supervisor)
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: PhD projects
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State research project in the field of biomedicine, medical technologies and pharmacy
Lejnieks, A. (Partner's coordinator), Karelis, G. (Leading expert), Gardovska, D. (Leading expert), Ābola, Z. (Leading expert), Miklaševičs, E. (Leading expert), Daneberga, Z. (Leading expert), Gardovskis, J. (Leading expert), Pētersons, A. (Leading expert), Kļaviņš, K. (Expert), Kroiča, J. (Leading expert), Skadiņš, I. (Leading expert), Vīksna, L. (Leading expert), Dimiņa, E. (Expert), Sniedze, D. (Participant), Karlsons, J. (Participant), Broks, R. (Participant), Gravele, D. (Expert), Rozentālberga, A. (Expert), Kanašniece, E. (Expert), Konrāde, I. (Leading expert), Trušinskis, K. (Leading expert), Strēle, I. (Leading expert), Kaļiņins, A. (Expert), Ķīvīte-Urtāne, A. (Leading expert), Radziņš, O. (Expert), Bāgante, I. (Leading expert), Koļesova, O. (Leading expert), Nora-Krūkle, Z. (Leading expert), Koļesovs, A. (Expert), Mičule, M. (Participant), Grāvelsiņa, S. (Expert), Rasa-Dzelzkalēja, S. (Leading expert), Kande, L. (Expert), Nakazawa (Miklasevica), M. (Leading expert), Vjaters, E. (Leading expert), Lietuvietis, V. (Leading expert), Plonis, J. (Leading expert), Bitiņa-Barlote, Ē. (Expert), Ieviņa, L. (Participant), Fortūna, K. (Expert (PhD student)), Pētersons, A. (Participant), Pastare, D. (Expert), Pugovičs, O. (Project leader), Silina, S. (Participant), Zemčugova-Bērziņa, A. (Participant), Tihomirova, Ļ. (Participant), Maļina, L. (Participant) & Kozačenko, J. (Participant)
1/12/22 → 30/11/24
Project: National Research Programme
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Immunomodulatory tissue factors in the gallbladder walls of pediatric patients with chronic calculous cholecystitis
Zīle Zariņa, K., Pilmane, M. (Corresponding Author) & Pētersons, A., 8 Feb 2025, In: Children. 12, 2, 24 p., 205.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH DELTA AND OMICRON VARIANTS OF SARS-COV-2: CASE SERIES
Eņģelis, A. (Corresponding Author), Smane, L., Zviedre, A., Ķīvīte-Urtāne, A., Zurmutai, T., Pavāre, J., Bormotovs, J., Kakar, M. & Pētersons, A., 1 Dec 2024, In: Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences. 78, 5-6, p. 347-353 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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European Pediatric Surgeons’ Association Survey on Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants
Soyer, T. (Corresponding Author), Pio, L., Gorter, R., Martinez, L., Dingemann, J., Pederiva, F., Dariel, A., Zani-Ruttenstock, E., Kakar, M. & Hall, N. J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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Microbiome of Preterm Neonates (Control + Patents with Necrotising Enterocolitis)
Karlsons, J. (Creator), Daneberga, Z. (Creator), Kroiča, J. (Creator), Miklaševičs, E. (Creator), Nakazawa (Miklasevica), M. (Creator), Liepiņa, E. E. (Creator), Broks, R. (Creator), Skadiņš, I. (Creator), Gardovska, D. (Creator), Asare, L. (Creator), Rozentālberga, A. (Creator) & Ābola, Z. (Creator), Riga Stradins University, 11 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.48510/FK2/ROG2VH, https://dataverse.rsu.lv/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.48510/FK2/ROG2VH
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Prizes
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Honorary Medal of the Children's Clinical University Hospital
Ābola, Z. (Recipient), 4 Oct 2019
Prize: Honorary award
Activities
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Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
Ābola, Z. (Visiting researcher)
2 Feb 2025 → 28 Feb 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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RSU Research week 2025 (Event)
Ābola, Z. (Reviewer of conference paper)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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25th Annual Congress of European Pediatric Surgeons' Association
Zviedre, A. (Participant)
12 Jun 2024 → 15 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Press/Media
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Indietis bērnu ķirurgs Mohits Kakars: "Ja gribi palikt Latvijā un šeit dzīvot, tad valoda jāprot"
13/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
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Latvian Academy of Sport Education to be added to Riga Stradins University
13/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
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