And the Winners Are… ESRA 2025 Shines Bright!

Each year, the ESRA Annual Congress grows not only in size but also in talent, creativity, and scientific rigor. The 2025 edition was no exception, with record numbers of applicants across all competitions. The jury faced a difficult task in selecting the best among so many brilliant contributions.

We are thrilled to congratulate the big winners of #ESRA2025:

ESRA Infographic Competition Winners

• Kilicaslan Alper – Acute Postoperative Pain Management: BiFeS Block, a Motor-Sparing Solution for Posterolateral Knee Pain
• Roselle Aimee Sy – Perioperative Care: Updated Recommendations on the Use of Regional Anaesthesia in Anticoagulated Patients 2025
• Ruslan Sedletskyi – Regional Anaesthesia: Superblock – Your New Superhero in Regional Anaesthesia

ESRA Video Competition Winners

• Vicente Roques – Ultrasound Guided Airway Blocks
• David Van Aken – PPD Block: A Block for Posterior Hip Pain
• Azaresh Ramineedi – POCUS: Gastric Ultrasound

ESRA Best Paper Award:

Best Regional Anaesthesia Oral Free Paper

• Iain Mactier – Regional anaesthesia for reducing the incidence of chronic post-surgical pain: Preliminary
• Elné van der Westhuyzen – Efficacy of acetaminophen with diclofenac vs. acetaminophen alone for elective post- caesarean analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials.
• Johan Kløvgaard Sørense – The Effect of Local Anesthetic Volume for Popliteal Plexus Block on Motor Nerve Conduction and Muscle Function in the Leg – a randomized clinical trial in healthy volunteers.

Best Chronic Pain Oral Free Paper

• Luis Alberto Rodriguez Linares – Block with Dexamethasone Mitigates Pain Chronification After Cardiac Surgery: A 90-Day Randomized Study with Functional Impact.
• Malgorzata Reysner – Chemical Ablation of Genicular Nerves with 95% Ethanol for Pain Relief and Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
• Yanan Zhang – Genetic variants associated with chronic post-surgical pain: evidence from the China Surgery and Anaesthesia Cohort study.

ESRA Best Poster Presentation:

Best E-Posters Regional Anesthesia

• Gert-Jan Gysemans – Intrathecal morphine reduces opioid use after minimally invasive pancreatic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
• Eanna O’Sullivan – Optimising Accuracy in Spinal Drug Preparation: The Role of Dead Space and Filter Needles.
• Giulia Paris – Phrenic infiltration as cryoanalgesia adjuvant: a novel technique for postoperative pain management following Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.

Best e-posters Chronic Pain

• Gert-Jan Gysemans – Intrathecal morphine reduces opioid use after minimally invasive pancreatic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
• Eanna O’Sullivan – Optimising Accuracy in Spinal Drug Preparation: The Role of Dead Space and Filter Needles.
• Giulia Paris – Phrenic infiltration as cryoanalgesia adjuvant: a novel technique for postoperative pain management following Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.

ESRA Networking on the Run Winner:

Female:

• Mireia Rodriguez Prieto from Spain
• Crowe Gillian from Ireland
• Joanna Tomlinson from UK

Male:

• Rory McGuiness from Ireland
• Corey Kull from Switzerland
• Jonathan Harrisson from UK

Your hard work, innovation, and dedication embody the ESRA spirit of advancing regional anesthesia and pain medicine while building meaningful connections.

Do not miss the pictures of the winners, capturing the pride and joy of these remarkable achievements at #ESRA2025.

A big round of applause to all participants who contributed with their ideas, science, and energy—your efforts continue to raise the bar every year.