Past APTS Congress


4th Congress of Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS 2023)
Date: March 23 – 26, 2023
Venue: Le Meridien Kochi, Kochi, India
Theme: Thyroid: Controversies of Consensus
Organizing Chairman: Subramania Iyer, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
Organizing Secretary: KK Thankkappan, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
Scientific Chairman: Pankaj Chaturvedi, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India




Symposium

Symposium 1: Genetics, Genomics and Molecular advances in Thyroid   Chairperson: Akshat Malik,
Bipin T Varghese
Indeterminate thyroid nodules in the era of molecular genomics Rajeev Parameswaran
Tumor to tumor metastasis of Thyroid gland Napadon Tangjaturonrasme
Symposium 2: Epidemiology, Global Trends, World- wide outcomes Chairperson: Jayesh Shah,
Jatin Modi
Epidemiology of thyroid cancer  Chang Myeon Song
Outcomes of Thyroid cancers in India  Anuja Deshmukh 
Current issues on the implementation of remote access thyroidectomy in Brazil Luiz Kowalski
Symposium 3: Imaging Advances in Thyroid and parathyroid, Sonography, Elastography Chairperson: Somesh Chandra,
Priyank Rathod
Ultrasonography in thyroid  Jeong Kyu Kim 
Minimally invasive approaches for treating thyroid tumors with ultrasound-guided ablation Tsung-Lin Yang
Elastography in thyroid Sandhya CJ
Symposium 4: Remote Access Thyroid Surgery Chairperson: Deepak Sarin,
Sajith Babu
Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA): Update 2023 Angkoon Anuwong
Current status of endoscopic thyroidectomy in Vietnam  Tran Ngoc Luong
Robotic Neck Dissection Yoon Woo Koh
Symposium 5: Management of Surgical Complications Chairperson: Anish Jacob Cherian,
Khyati Jani
Hematoma and airway management in thyroid surgery Bipin T Varghese
Understanding and Deciphering Microanatomy of Central compartment to minimize Complications. Lessons learnt from intraoperative documentation of anatomic orientation of Recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroids Ashok Shenoy
Management of hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy David Shonka
Symposium 6: Parathyroid preservation: Advances Chairperson: Rahul Buggaveeti,
Shreya Bhattacharya
Preservation of parathyroid function in total thyroidectomy Feng-Yu Chiang
Updates on parathyroid auto-fluorescence and ICG Kang-Dae Lee (Recorded)
Intraoperative Quantitative Assessment of Parathyroid Blood Flow during Total Thyroidectomy using Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging - Surgical Strategies for Preserving the Function of Parathyroid Glands Masanori Teshima
Symposium 7: QOL after thyroid cancer treatment Chairperson: Aromal Chekavar,
Ishwar Singh
Management of post-thyroidectomy syndrome   Seung Hoon Han
Voice restoration in RLN palsy Mikio Suzuki
Cost effectiveness in transient hypocalcemia in post-thyroidectomy Giuseppe Mercante
Symposium 8: Recurrences and follow up in Thyroid cancers Chairperson: Sreekumar Pillai,
Ashish Varghese
Salvage surgery for retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis and structural local recurrence. Ken-Ichi Nibu
Thyroid bed recurrence Elizabeth Mathew Iype
TENIS Mudit Agarwal
Symposium 9: Surgical management of Thyroid cancers involving adjacent structures Chairperson: Sueyoshi Moritani,
Dushyant Mandlik
Surgical management of difficult thyroid cancer Kwang Hyun Kim
Surgical management of locally invasive differentiated thyroid cancer Seung-Kuk Baek
Surgical complications of Thyroid cancer invading trachea Cheerasook Chongkolwatana
Symposium 10: Nuclear Medicine symposium Chairperson: Soon-Hyun Ahn,
Narayana Subramaniam
Radio Iodine Resistant DTC Padma Sundaram
Post-surgical RAI Therapy-Outcomes Rodney Dofitas
Pediatric DTC: How different it is from Adult DTC P Shanmuga Sundaram
Symposium 11: Multidisciplinary care in the management of Thyroid disorders Chairperson: Shilpa Chatni,
Masanori Teshima
Completion thyroidectomy may not be required for papillary thyroid carcinoma with multifocality, lymphovascular invasion, extrathyroidal extension to the strap muscles, or five or more central lymph node Bon Seok Koo
Role of Endocrinologists in the management of thyroid cancers Usha Menon
Anesthetic considerations in Thyroid surgery Anamika Agnihotri