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


Luncheon Seminars

2(Thu) 12:50-13:40

Luncheon Seminar 1

Chair: Kaoru Ogawa
Conebeam CT Koichi Omori
2(Thu) 12:50-13:40

Luncheon Seminar 2

Chair: Hiroshi Nishino
Revisiting therapeutic strategy for recurrent and unresectable lesions of thyroid carcinoma in the tyrosine kinase inhibitor era Toyone Kikumori
3(Fri) 12:50-13:40 Luncheon Seminar 3 Chair: Wataru Kitagawa
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy and Complete Lymph node Dissection using HARMONIC ACER+7 Shears. Akihiro Nakajo
The use of Harmonic Focus in open thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection Kenichi Matsuzu
3(Fri) 12:50-13:40 Luncheon Seminar 4 Chair: Ryuichi Hayashi
Optimal Molecular Target Therapy for RAI refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Naomi Kiyota

Morning Seminar

3(Fri) 8:00-8:50 Sponsored Seminar
Non-invasive Thyroid diseases management by Echotherapy (HIFU) Brian Lang