ESGO 2026 Live Surgery Session
One of the ESGO Congress highlights you don't want to miss!
In Copenhagen, you will have an exclusive opportunity to view three parallel live surgeries performed by world-renowned surgeons, transmitted from Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark and Karolinska Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Join us for this exciting 2 hours Live Surgery Session at ESGO 2026!
*This session is included in the registration fee.
Friday, February 27, 2026 | 08:30-10:30
- Session chairs: Maja Pakiz (Slovenia), Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson (Norway)
- Moderators: Thomas Ind (United Kingdom)
- Surgeons: Henrik Falconer (Sweden), Ligita Paskevicitute Frøding (Denmark), Mikkel Rosendahl (Denmark)
Meet the Surgeons
Mikkel Rosendahl
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Dr. Rosendahl and his team will perform ovarian cancer open surgery at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.
Ligita Paskevicitute Frøding
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Dr. Frøding will perform vulva cancer open surgery, will show the sentinel node procedure using bimodal tracer ICG-99mTc-Nanocoll in patient with early-stage vulva cancer.
Henrik Falconer
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Assoc. Prof. Falconer will perform a robotic-assisted hysterectomy with BSO and sentinel lymph node mapping for presumed early-stage endometrial cancer using the SP system. An extended range of instruments will be used to allow for better triangulation and tissue traction. Sentinel lymph node mapping is performed with indocyanine green (ICG) injection in the cervix.
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Department of Oncology, Gynecological Oncology Unit
Rigshospitalet is a leading university hospital in Denmark for highly specialised treatment with 12,300 employees, treating 314,000 unique patients.
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital is a highly specialised hospital for all of Denmark, with treatment, research, innovation and training at international level. Working with international healthcare stakeholders, Rigshospitalet contributes to developing the overall healthcare system so that all patients, irrespective of the rarity or complexity of their illness, receive high-quality treatment.
It provides 40 departments with world-class treatment and research.
The Department of Oncology is responsible for the non-surgical treatment modalities of adult patients with solid tumours according to international accepted guidelines and standards. The department is one out of five oncological expert centres in Denmark, treating Gynaecological tumours among others.
The treatment modalities include all non-surgical oncological modalities focusing on cancer chemotherapy, biologically targeted drugs and radiotherapy.
The Department of Oncology has received two Global Excellence awards.
Karolinska Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Women's and Children's Health
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Our vision is to advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all.
Karolinska Institutet accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the country’s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences.
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Karolinska University Hospital is the largest tertiary referral centre for gynaecologic oncology in Sweden and robotic-assisted surgery was introduced in 2008.
We annually perform approximately 350 robotic procedures mainly using multiport platforms.
In 2024, the daVinci SP was acquired and is used for a variety of indications including endometrial cancer staging.
ESGO Accredited Centres
Both the Gynaecological Oncology Unit of Rigshospitalet and Department of Women’s and Children’s Health of Karolinska University Hospital have obtained accreditation from the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) as a reference centre for the treatment of malignant ovarian neoplasms and recognition as ESGO training centre in gynaecological oncology.
Any Questions?
For questions related to the scientific programme,
please contact Lenka Hovorkova, Scientific Programme co-ordinator
E-mail: lenka.hovorkova@esgo.org