Past APTS Congress


2nd Congress of Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS 2017)
Date: November 1~3, 2017
Venue: Loisir Hotel Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Theme: New Frontiers of Thyroid Surgery
President; Mikio Suzuki (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan)
Honorary President: Hiroya Kitano, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan


Video Symposium

2(Thu) 11:40-12:40 Video Symposium new 1
Minimally Invasive Surgery (I)
Chair: Alfredo Y. Pontejos Jr
Chwee Ming Lim
Bidirectional Approach of Video Assisted Neck Surgery (BAVANS) for Thyroid Cancer - Endoscopic complete lymphadenectomy with craniocaudal approach Akihiro Nakajo (Japan)
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via Retro-auricular approach :
a single institution's experiences
Erwin D Yulian (Indonesia)
TRANSORAL ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY VESTIBULAR APPROACH Angkoon Anuwong (Thailand)
Evolution of thyroid and parathyroid surgery under local anaesthesia: back to the future? Noor Hisham Abdullah
(Malaysia)
2(Thu) 15:00-16:00 Video Symposium 2
Minimally Invasive Surgery (II)
Chair: David Terris
Yasuaki Harabuchi
Video-Assisted thyroidectomy (VANS method) for benign nodule, Graves´disease, and differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Kenichiro Nomura (Japan)
Development of VANS-3S method as a low-cost video-assisted thyroid surgery Akihiro Katayama (Japan)
Indocyanine green localization in Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Suchart Chantawibul
2(Thu) 16:00-17:00 Video Symposium 3
Minimally Invasive Surgery (III)
Chair: KWANG YOON JUNG
Carmelo Barbaccia
Minimally Invasive approaches to thyroidectomy Constance Teo (Singapore)
Retroaricular robotic assisted thyroidectomy: technical adaptations in a developing country. Luiz P. Kowalski (Brazil)
Reduced invasiveness in robotic thyroidectomy Tsung-Lin Yang (Taiwan)
ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY THROUGH 5000 CASES EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF ENDOCRIONOLOGY, HA NOI, VIET NAM
Tranngoc Luong
(Viet Nam)
2(Thu) 16:00-17:00 Video Symposium 4
How I do it/ State-of the-art Technique (I)
Chair: Madan Kapre
Huang Xinyong
“HOW I DO IT” TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR A LARGE MULTI-NODULAR GOITRE Khoon Leong Ng (Malaysia)
A surgical technique for thyroid cancer with intratracheal invasion: S-shaped skin flaps to create a tracheocutaneous fistula Kenichi Kaneko (Japan)
Resection of complex thyroid metastasis foci in mediastinum Ming-hua Ge (China)
How I Do It/ State-of the-art Technique Voice restoration surgery for recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis Shigeru Hirano (Japan)
3(Fri) 15:00-16:30 Video Symposium 5
How I Do It/ State-of the-art Technique (II)
Chair:
Chen-Chi Wang
Ming hua Ge
Recurrence of thyroid carcinoma Ashraful Islam (Bangladesh)
Total Thyroidectomy and Central Neck Disecction Standard Technique by minimal cervical approach Madrid Arturo (Chile)
Surgical Management of Retrosternal Thyroid tumor Phakdee Sannikorn (Thailand)
Robotic lymph node dissection in thyroid cancer surgery Woong Youn Chung (Korea)
Surgical management of thyroid carcinoma invading the trachea Seiichi Yoshimoto (Japan)
Invasive papillary carcinoma requiring mediastinal dissection, tracheal resection with end to end anastomosis and tumor dissection from esophageal wall. Cheerasook Chongkolwatana
(Thailand)