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




Society Symposium

Society Symposium 1: Taiwan (THNS)  
Regulation of CDK5 and ER on migration and invasion of thyroid cancer cells Speaker: Stella Chin-Shaw Tsai
Moderators: Pen-Yuan Chu,
Chih-Chun Wang
The advantageous roles of ultrasound- guided core biopsy in indeterminate thyroid tumors Speaker: Chun-Nan Chen
Moderator: Yi-Chu Lin
Loss of signal management on the first side total thyroidectomy - INMSG survey Speaker: Tzu-Yen Huang
Moderator: Huan Yu Lin
Society Symposium 2: Myanmar Chairperson: Vikram Kekatpure,
Kapil Sikka
Current Status of Thyroid diseases in Myanmar Soe Tin (Recorded) 
Personal Modifications of Thyroid Surgery in Myanmar Thein Tun
Parathyroid surgery in Myanmar Maung Maung Khaing
Surgical approaches for difficult Thyroid Swellings Phone Myint Tun
Society symposium 3: Korean Neuromonitoring  Chairperson: Jin Ho Sohn 
IONM using skin electrode in thyroid surgery Chang Myeon Song 
IONM in remote access thyroidectomy Yong Bae Ji 
IONM in advanced thyroid cancer  Jeong Kyu Kim
Interpretation of LOS and staged thyroidectomy Kyoung Ho Oh 
IFHNOS Panel: Recurrent/Residual thyroid cancer, TENIS Moderator: Alok Thakar
Panelists:
Jatin Shah / Yoon Woo Koh / Ken-Ichi Nibu / Venkatesh Rangarajan / Shwetabh Sinha / Vijay Patil
 
Society symposium 6: EASHNO-EAFO Moderator: Somasundaram S
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer - From Hopeless Disease to Multimodality Treatment. Evolution Of Treatment Options In Russia  Ilya V. Sleptsov
Somasundaram S
Society Symposium 8: Thailand (TSHNO) Chairman: Phakdee Sannikorn
Moderator: Patravoot Vatanasapt
Management of thyroid nodule & WDTC: Thailand perspective Wisarut Samuckkeethum
Endoscopic thyroidectomy via retroauricular approach Nut Niyomudomwatana
Management of postoperative hypoparathyroidism Sirinart Sirinvaravong
Update in systemic treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer Krittiya Korphaisarn
Society symposium 9: Latin American
Management of the central compartment in well differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Moderator: Luiz P Kowalski
Surgical Technique of central compartment dissection Dan Fliss
Management of negative central compartment Luiz P Kowalski
Management of positive central compartment Rogerio Dedivitis
Can T1 thyroid nodules be observed? Analysis of the SEER data Pankaj Chaturvedi
Society Symposium 10: FHNO
Risk stratification systems in thyroid cancer, prognosis of thyroid cancer
Chairperson: Devendra Chaukar,
Angkoon Anuwong
Initial Risk Stratification Abhishek Vaidya
Dynamic Risk stratification Vipin Arora
Aggressive variants of papillary thyroid cancer: impact on survivals and loco-regional control Cesare Piazza