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




Instructional Course

Instructional Course 1: Thyroid Nodule Evaluation Chairperson: Vidhisha Tuljapurkar,
Adharsh Anand
Evaluation Schema for a thyroid nodule Pooja Ramakant
Sonology and Cross-sectional imaging Amit Janu
Fine needle aspiration cytology vs. core needle biopsy in thyroid nodule Soon-Hyun Ahn
Instructional Course 2: Pathological Dilemmas Chairperson: MJ Paul,
Shashikant Limbachiya
Suspicious 0.5-1.0 cm thyroid nodules: is FNAB indicated? Rogerio Dedivitis
NIFTP Smitha NV
Poorly differentiated Thyroid cancers Ajith Nambiar
Instructional Course 3: Nerves in Thyroid surgery Chairperson: Harsh Dhar,
Yogesh Dokhe
Anatomical considerations and anomalies of Laryngeal nerves, Approaches Azhar Jan Battoo
RLN Injuries In Thyroidectomies Without Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring [IONM] -A Comparison Against Use Of IONM Avatar Parhar
Non recurrent laryngeal N incidence in our surgical journey Sunil Janardhanan
Instructional Course 4: Energy devices in thyroid surgery Chairperson: Shawn T Joseph,
Elizabeth Mathew Iype
Energy devices in thyroid surgery Mikio Suzuki
Hemostasis in thyroid surgery Sajith Babu
How to use energy devices effectively Vidisha Tuljapurkar 
Instructional course 5: Advanced thyroid disease, Airway and Trachea Chairperson: Divya GM,
Surij Salih
Surgical management of locally advanced differentiated thyroid cancer Jun Ook Park
Advanced thyroid cancer infiltrating the airway: conservative versus non-organ sparing approach Cesare Piazza
Airway management in thyroid cancers Tejal Patel
Instructional Course 6: RFA, Laser, Ethanol Ablation Chairperson: Misha JC Babu,
Jeong Kyu Kim
RFA in thyroid nodules Amit Janu
Laser and Ethanol ablation for benign thyroid lesions Ilya V Sleptsov
Microwave Ablation in Thyroid lesions  
Instructional Course 7: Management of neck in thyroid cancers Chairperson: Anuja Deshmukh,
Ken-Ichi Nibu
Management of neck in medullary thyroid cancer Shreya Bhattacharya
Extent of therapeutic lateral neck dissection in differentiated thyroid carcinoma Soon Young Kwon
Recurrent nodal disease Murad Lala
Instructional Course 8: Management of thyroidectomy related vocal fold paralysis and swallowing issues Chairperson: Siu Kwan Ng,
Aseem Mishra
Laryngeal Reinnervation and Voice rehabiliatation Vidhyadharan Sivakumar
Voice and swallowing problem after thyroidectomy Young Hak Park
Superior laryngeal nerve palsy Manju E Issac
Instructional Course 9: Topic: IONM Chairperson: Avatar Parhar,
Vijay Pillai
IONM in TOETVA Prachya Maneeprasopchoke
Troubleshooting algorithm of IONM Yong Bae Ji
Technical aspects in IONM Parthiban Velayutham