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




Debate

Debate 1: Lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy for tumors 1-4 cm  
For Lobectomy: Shilpa Chatni Jury: Azeem Mohiyuddin
For Total Thyroidectomy:Kapil Sikka
Debate 2: ION monitoring in all thyroidectomy  
For IONM: Abhishek Vaidya Jury: Purushottam Chavan
Against IONM: Rajeev Sharan
Debate 3: Radioiodine in Low and Intermediate risk  
For RIA: C S Bal Jury: Vijay Haribhakti
Against RIA: Shawn T Joseph
Debate 4: Remote access Thyroid Surgery: Hope or Hype  
Hope: Prashanth Pennumadu Jury: Vishal Rao
Hype: Mayuri Rajapurkar
Debate 5: Surgery Vs Active Surveillance for Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer  
For Surgery: Shivakumar Thiagarajan Jury: M J Paul
For Active Surveillance: Yasuhiro Ito
Debate 6: Prophylactic CCND Vs Observation in low- risk patients  
For prophylactic neck dissection: Anand Mishra Jury: Mitali Dandekar
Against prophylactic neck dissection: Sowrabh Arora