Scientific Programme

 08:30 – 13:00       DES Exams 
                                         

Pre - congress courses

 09:00 – 12:00      Neuromonitoring Course in Thyroid Surgery

                                Lectures & Live streaming from the operating theatre

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09:00 – 12:00       Neck Ultrasound Course

                                Lecture & Hands on in US-Devices on real patients  

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13:00 – 16:00       Microsoft Power BI Course

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14:00 – 17:00       DES Exams Preparation Course

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 14:00 – 17:00      Fluorescence Course

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Meetings

13:30 – 15:00     DES-Examiners meeting

                          

15:15 – 16:00     National Delegates meeting

                         

 16:30 – 19:30    Executive Committee meeting

                           

 20:00                 President’s dinner

 

08:00 – 08:15      Opening of the Congress

                             President of ESES: David Scott-Coombes
                             Congress Organizers: Nikolaos Roukounakis – Kyriakos Vamvakidis

08:15 – 09:15       Oral Paper Session 1

                               Adrenals & NET A   
                               Chairs: Fatih Tunca, Dimitrios Linos

30  The finding of necrosis in preoperative imaging and histology of benign and malignant adrenal tumors 

A Dukaczewska¹ C Kunze² S Ponsel_³ P Goretzki¹ EM Dobrindt¹ F Butz¹ J Pratschke¹ MT Mogl¹

¹Department of Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin CCM/CVK, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Pathology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin,Germany, ³Department of Radiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

167  International survey on opinions and use of minimally invasive surgery in small bowel neuroendocrine neoplasms

E Kacmaz^1,2 AF Engelsman^1,2 WA Bemelman¹ PJ Tanis^1,2 EJM Nieveen van Dijkum1,²

¹Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Center for Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

143  A Cohort Review of Pheochromocytoma-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

AEY Aw¹ MC de Jong² S Varghese³ J Lee² R Parameswaran^1,2

¹Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Endocrine Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore, ³School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

 92  Adrenal metastasectomy in a large nationwide study: Clinical outcomes, safety, and prognostic factors

EH Vlk¹ A Ebbehoj² F Donskov³ PL Poulsen² BS Rashu⁴ L Bro5 M Aagaard⁶ L Rolighed1,⁷

¹Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Clinical Institute, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Department of Urology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Department of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

 155  Adrenal gland and lesion identification in ct scans with machine learning

B Seeliger¹²³⁴ A Meyer1 B Gallix^1,3 G Exarchakis^1,3 N Padoy^1,3 D Mutter1,^2,4

¹Institute of Image-Guided Surgery, IHU-Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²Department of General, Digestive, and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³ICube, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France, ⁴Research Institute against Digestive Cancer, IRCAD, Strasbourg, France

 146  Introduction of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: initial experience 

P Metaxas M Sotiropoulou N Ntargakis M Psarologos C Kyzeridis E Kefalou E Mavrodimitraki A Paraskeva V Drakopoulos S Kapiris I Alevizakis A Kolinioti J Tripoulas

Third Surgical Department, ’Evangelismos’ General Hospital, Athens,Greece

09:15 – 10:15       Oral Paper Session 2

                              Benign thyroid
                              Chairs: Celestino Lombardi, Isaak Kesisoglou

232  Intraoperative neuromonitoring and staged thyroidectomy - our experience after 3100 monitored operations

C Christoforides^1,5 G Kritikos¹ I Zorbas¹ S Stefanou¹ I Papandrikos¹ S Gouliamas^1,6 K Zorbas² G Misichronis³ N Roukounakis⁴ K Vamvakidis¹

¹Department of Endocrine Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Surgery, Bronx Care Health System, New York, NY, United States, ³Department of Endocrinology, Central Clinic of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁴1st General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁵Endocrine Surgery Unit, Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus, ⁶Department of Surgery, Naval Hospital of Crete, Chania, Greece

 173  Clinical and Anatomical Factors Affecting Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis During Thyroidectomy via Intraoperative Nerve Monitorisation 

N Aygun¹, M Kostek¹, M Taner Unlu¹, A Isgor², M Uludag¹

¹General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
²General Surgery, Memorial Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

 217 Mortality after thyroid surgery for benign multinodular goiter with or without thyroid hormone replacement therapy

EN Nordenstroem¹ JR Ranstam² AB Bergenfelz³

¹Surgery, Lund University, Lund,Sweden, ²Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund,Sweden, ³Surgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

 40  Uncovering IONM data errors that challenge established normal ranges and threshold values - A R based tool to validate IONM raw data

TJ Musholt¹ JI Staubitz¹ PB Musholt²

¹General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Medicin, Mainz, Germany, ²Sanofi, Berlin, Germany

 139  Is it time to give up serum calcium levels measurements on POD1 after total thyroidectomy? Using intraoperative PTH measurement alone is enough to predict postoperative hypocalcemia.

N Chereau G Godiris-Petit S Noullet S Gaujoux F Menegaux

Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Sorbonne University, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France

41  Smart data quality validation in EUROCRINE using Microsoft PowerBI

TJ Musholt¹ T Clerici² A Bergenfelz³

¹Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Medicine Mainz, Germany, ²Klinik für Chirurgie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Swiss, ³Department of Clinical Sciences - Lund, Section V- Surgery, Lund University, Sweden

10:15 – 10:45       Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:15       Basic Science Lecture:       

                             Addressing thyroid cancer progression and iodine refractoriness
                           Prof. Chris McCabe
                              Chairs: Sam Van Slycke

11:15 – 12:15       Oral Paper Session 3

                          Parathyroid A
                            Chair: Jan Zedenius, Charidimos Markogiannakis

 

212  Primary hyperparathyroidism – a potential trigger of migraine? The result of a nationwide study.

ILN Nilsson^1,2 AK Koman^1,2 DT Thorsteinsson^1,2 FG Granath³

¹Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,Sweden, ²Endocrine Tumors and Sarcoma, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm,Sweden, ³Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

204  Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound - Potential New Player in Differentiation of Parathyroid Lesions?

SP Pavlovics^1,4 MR Radzina^1,2,4 RN Niciporuka^5,6 MR Ratniece^1,3 MM Mikelsone⁷ PP Prieditis^1,4 ML Liepa^1,4 AO Ozolins^5,6 JG Gardovskis^5,6 ZN Narbuts^5,6

¹Radiology Research Laboratory, Riga Stradins University, Riga,Latvia, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga,Latvia, ³Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, ⁴Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ⁵Department of Surgery, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ⁶Department of Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, ⁷Department of Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

194  Evaluation of accuracy of intraoperative fluorescence techniques in predicting parathyroid hormone levels after thyroidectomy

F Pennestrì² A De Iacob^1,2 L Sessa² F Prioli² P Gallucci² PF Procopio^1,2 P Princi² R Bellantone^1,2 C De Crea^1,2 M Raffaelli^1,2

¹Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università; Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

64  Diagnostic rechallenge with 18f-fch pet/ct often allows minimally invasive parathyroidectomy while maintaining exceptional cure rates  

S Ghoren¹ NC Paladino¹ S Laks² T Cuny3 C Mennetrey⁴ D Assaf² E Hindié⁵ G Guerin¹ D Taïeb⁴ F Sebag¹

¹Department of General Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Conception University Hospital, APHM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, ²Department of General and Oncological Surgery - Surgery C, Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ³Department of Endocrinology, Conception University Hospital, APHM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, France, ⁵Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

24  Is the indocyanine green score an accurate predictor of postoperative parathyroid hormone level?

MS Demarchi¹ M Baccaro² W Karenovics¹ B Bédat¹ F Triponez¹

¹Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery and Faculty of Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland , ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

12:15 – 13:00     Eurocrine Session

                            Eurocrine GA
                          Eurocrine Progress Update

                         Robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Results from the Eurocrine Surgical Registry 
                           Safa Vatansever, Erik Nordenström, Marco Raffaelli, Laurent Brunaud, Ozer Makay
                           On behalf of the Eurocrine Council
                           Chair: Anders Bergenfelz

13:00 – 14:00    ESES General Assembly

                            Chair: David Scott-Coombes              

14:00 – 15:00    Lunch Break  (Poster evaluation // PP001-PP094)                          

15:00 – 16:00    Oral Paper Session 4

                             Adrenal & NET B
                             Chairs: Francois Pattou, Jesus Villar del Moral

165  SimLife Model Training in Endocrine Surgery (adrenalectomy, thyroidectomy and neck dissection). First National French-AFCE Session

G Donatini¹ J Danion¹ F Pattou² H Najah³ JP Richer¹ JP Faure¹

¹General and Endocrine Surgery, University of Poitiers-CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²General Metabolic and Endocrine Surgery, University of Lille - CHRU Lille, Lille, France, ³General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

144  Long term outcome after surgery for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma

F Torresan A Beber D Schiavone M Iacobone

Endocrine Surgery Unit - Dept of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

49 Robotic adrenalectomy for large adrenal masses: is it the preferred approach?  

NC Paladino¹ C Guerin¹ J Gharios¹ D Taïeb² F Sebag¹

¹General Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Conception University Hospital, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, ²Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

177  Hypocortisolemia following unilateral adrenalectomy

M Matter¹ E Mateev¹ G Sykiotis² T Zingg¹

¹Visceral Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

203  Robot-assisted vs laparoscopic lateral transabdominal adrenalectomy in a high-volume center: a propensity score matching analysis

C De Crea^1,2; F Pennestrì²; PF Procopio^1,2; P Gallucci²; L Ciccoritti²; F Greco²; S Di Lorenzo^1,2; G Salvi^1,2; R Bellantone^1,2; M Raffaelli^1,2

¹Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
²Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

4  Local treatment of neuroendocrine liver metastases: surgery or microwave ablation?

SF Perrodin¹ MM Renzulli¹ MH Maurer² D Candinas¹ G Beldi¹ A Lachenmayer¹ C Kim-Fuchs¹

¹Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

16:00 – 17:00     Oral Paper Session 5

                             Malignant thyroid Α
                           Chairs: Joaquin Gomez, Kyriakos Vamvakidis

129  Total thyroidectomy in papillary carcinoma: a 5-year retrospective review

V Magra^1,2 I Mpotani² S Laskou^1,2 V Manaki¹ E Paschou¹ T Gkeka¹ P Roulia¹ K Sapalidis^1,2 I Kesisoglou^1,2

¹3rd Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Medical School, Department of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

163 One-year use of Near-Infrared Parathyroid Auto-Fluorescence (NIRAF) in a referral center for thyroid surgery. Prospective cohort study of long-term follow-up

L Carrillo¹ S Bakkar² C Zerrweck³ JL Kraimps¹ G Donatini¹

¹Endocrine Surgery, CHU Poitiers - University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²Endocrine Surgery, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, ³Metabolic and Endocrine Surgery, ABC Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico

20 Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Clinical, Pathological, Mutational, and Outcome Analysis

A AGARWAL¹ N GEORGE¹ N KUMARI² N KRISHNANI² M RASHID¹ P MISHRA³ SK GUPTA⁴

¹Endocrine surgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India, ²Pathology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India, ³Biostatistics, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India, ⁴Endocrinology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India

46  Clinical issues concerning active surveillance for low-risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma   

R Pandev¹ P Bochev² N Novoselska²

¹University Clinic of Surgery, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria, ²Acibadem Cityclinic, UMBAL ?ladost, Sofia, Bulgaria

3 Feasibility of thyroid lobectomy according to the ATA 2015 guidelines in clinical practice: a 5-year single center retrospective study  

N Voloudakis¹ D Chatzopoulou¹ M Velikoudi¹ T Pavlidis¹ P Anagnostis² K Pazaitou-Panayiotou³ D Raptis¹ V Papaziogas¹ I Koutelidakis¹

¹2nd Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³Division of Endocrinology, Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

17:00 – 17:30     Coffee Break

17:30 – 18:30      Oral Paper Session 6

                              Malignant thyroid B
                              Chairs: Kerstin Lorenz, Nikolaos Roukounakis

138  Impact of a prophylactic lymph node dissection on complications and recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma. An AFCE (French-speaking Association of Endocrine Surgery) multicentre study based on Eurocrine® 

N Chereau¹ N Christou² R Caiazzo³ A Le fouler⁴ JC Lifante⁵ L Maillard⁵ E Mirallie⁶ F Pattou³ L Brunaud⁷ F Menegaux¹ N Santucci⁹ N Bouviez¹⁰

¹Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Sorbonne Université, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Limoges, Limoges, France, ³Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France, ⁴Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Avicennes, Bobigny, France, ⁵Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Ci, Lyon, France, ⁶Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, IMAD, Hôtel Dieu, University hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁷Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University of Lorraine, Brabois Hospital, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France, ⁸Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital of Besancon, Besancon, France, ⁹Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France, ¹⁰Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital of Besancon, Besancon, France

229  The potential role of microvesicles in the management of thyroid nodules 

Eddama MMR^1,3, R Gurung¹, N Ahmed², MC de Jong³, V Rosalen Gracia³, J Patel¹, TR Kurzawinski³, R Cohen⁴, M Loizidou¹, L Clapp², TE Abdel-Aziz³

¹Research Department of Surgical Biotechnology, University College London, London ,UK, ²Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London,UK, ³Department of Endocrine Surgery, University College London Hospital, London, UK, ⁴Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK

206 Does Prophylactic Lymph Node Dissection effects on Surgical Outcomes and Adjuvant Radioactive Iodine Treatment Rates in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patients 

Y Iscan N Shadmanov1 B Atalay¹ IC Sormaz¹ Y Giles Senyurek¹ F Tunca¹

¹Endocrine Surgery Department, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

 26  Extension of prophylactic surgery in medullary thyroid carcinoma. Differences between sporadic and hereditary tumours according to calcitonin levels. Multicenter study (MECANO STUDY)

LD Juez¹ E Mercader² I Amunategui² B Febrero³ JM Rodriguez³ J Gómez Ramírez⁴ M MECANO Collaboration Group⁴

¹General Surgery, Hospistal universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid,Spain, ²General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³General Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ⁴General Surgery, Hospistal universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

 69  Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in pediatric patients younger than 15 years: a propensity score-matched analysis

SY Kim¹ HJ Yoon² HJ Kim³ SM Kim² TI Yoon¹ YS Lee² HS Chang² CS Park³

¹Surgery, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, ²Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, ³Surgery, CHA Ilsan Medical Center, Goyang-si, Korea

150  Prophylactic and Early thyroidectomy in RET germline mutation carriers in children and adults: long-term outcome of a series of 69 patients

F Torresan¹ S Censi² C Mian² M Iacobone¹

¹Endocrien Surgery Unit, University of Padova, Italy, ²Endocrinology Unit, University of Padova, Italy

18:30 – 19:00    Key Note Lecture

                           Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
                             Prof. Kerstin Lorenz           
                             Chairs: Kyriakos Vamvakidis, Nikolaos Roukounakis

19:00 – 19:20     Presenting UEMS diplomas

                             Chairs: Kerstin Lorenz, Oliver Gimm

20:00                Welcome Reception 

 

08:00 – 09:00    Oral Paper Session 7

                              Parathyroid B
                              Chairs: Inga- Lena Nilsson, Theodosis Papavramidis

27  Could the PTH rise on the first week after total thyroidectomy predict the development of permanent hypoparathyroidism?

AVT Vilar Tabanera JGR Gómez Ramírez AGB González Barranquero APV Puerta Vicente BPG Porrero Guerrero PLP Luengo Pierrard RAJ Arranz Jiménez JMFC Fernández Cebrián

General Surgery, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain

47  Retrospective observational study on the management and evolution of normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism  

L Delgado Búrdalo¹ JL Muñoz De Nova^1,2 A Valdés De Anca¹ J Revuelta Ramírez¹ Y García Del Álamo Hernández¹ M Sampedro Núñez³ E Torres Mínguez¹ E Martín-Pérez ^1,2

¹Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain

214 What happens to the bone structure after normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism surgery?

I Osorio Silla¹ J Gómez Ramirez² A Valdazo Gómez³ S Salido Fernández¹ C Sánchez García¹ R Pardo García¹

¹Department of Surgery, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Surgery, University Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ³Department of Surgery, University Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain

195  Comparing medication costs after total parathyroidectomy and subtotal parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism

GMD Pereira¹ M Liao¹ RMA Moyses² SS Arap³ MR Custodio² MDG Brescia³ CP Nascimento Jr³ V Jorgetti² FLM Montenegro³

1Graduation, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo,Brazil, 2Nephrology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3Surgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

166 Socioeconomic factors associated with treatment choice in primary hyperparathyroidism - a population-based study

D Thorsteinsson^1,2 F Granath³ R Branstrom^1,2 J Zedenius^1,2 IL Nilsson^1,2

¹Breast, endocrine tumours and sarcoma surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Molecular medicine and surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Clinical epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

37 Patterns of recurrent and persistent hyperparathyroidism according to whether initial parathyroidectomy was performed at high or low volume centers

D Torselli-Valladares L Lorente-Poch JJ Sancho A Sitges-Serra

General Surgery, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

 
09:00 – 10:30    Interactive interesting case presentations with live voting
                             Moderator: Michael Stechman

                             Paraganglioma: GN. Zografos

                             Thyroid: J. Sancho

                             Parathyroid: F. Palazzo

                             Adrenal: R. Bränström

10:30 – 11:00     Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45     Charles Proye Lecture:

                         What does it mean excellence in adrenal surgery?
                           Prof. Martin Waltz
                           Chair: David Scott-Coombes

11.45 – 12.45     Best Oral Paper Session

                            Chairs: Antonio Sitges-Serra, Radu Mihai

38. Lenvatinib & Pembrolizumab induces long lasting response in patients with UICC Stage 4C anaplastic and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer

CD Dierks¹ C Miething² C Klein³ J Ruf3 M Kroiss⁴ C Spitzweg⁴ N Von Bubnoff₂ M La Rosee⁶ K Lorenz_⁷ A Zielke⁸

¹University-Department of Oncology, Univ. Halle a.d.S., Halle,Germany, ²University-Department of Oncology, Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg,Germany, ³University-Department of Nuclear Medicine, Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg University-Depart, Germany, ⁴University-Department of Endocrinology, Dept. of Internal Medicine I, LMU München, München, Germany, ⁵Department. of Internal Medicine II, Oncology, Schwarzwald Baar Klinikum, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany, ⁶University-Department of Surgery, Univ. Halle, Halle, Germany, ⁷Endocrine Center Stuttgart, Dept. of Endocrine Surgery, DiakonieKlinikum, Stuttgart, Germany, ⁸Germany

134. Prospective clinical trial of a novel, reusable, pocket size Point of Care device to measure ionized calcium in venous and capillary blood: Interim analysis

V Rozalen-Garcia¹ MC de Jong¹ TE Abdel-Aziz¹ C Soromani² F Lam² T Kurzawinski¹

¹Endocrine Surgery, University College London Hospital, London, UK, ²Biochemistry Department, University College London Hospital, London, UK

 85. Could endocrine surgeons improve the information provided to thyroid cancer patients?

C Martínez-Santos¹, A Sáez², E Mercader³, J Gómez-Ramírez⁴, F de Santos⁵, N Casinello⁶, JL Muñoz de Nova⁷, D Acín⁸, S Ros⁹, F Lucena¹⁰

¹Endocrine Surgery Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain, ²Spanish Association of Patients with Thyroid Cancer, AECAT, Madrid, Spain, ³Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery Unit, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Endocrine Surgery Unit, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁵General Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain, ⁶Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery Unit , Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia, Spain, ⁷Endocrine, Breast and wall surgical Unit, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Endocrine Surgery Unit, Hospital Universitario Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Endocrine Surgery Unit , Hospital Clinic Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁰Endocrine Surgery Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain

112. European multicentre study on outcome of reoperative parathyroidectomy for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

LB Brunaud¹, SVS Slycke², OM Makay³, AB Bergenfelz⁴, EC The Eurocrine Council⁵

¹Department of Gastrointestinal, Metabolic, and Cancer Surgery (CVMC), University of Lorraine, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, ²Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital, Aals, Belgium, ³Department of Surgery , Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Department of Surgery and Gastroenterology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁵The Eurocrine Council, Eurocrine , Vienna, Austria

 74. Parathyroid autofluorescence may help to reduce post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia

L Rossi, E Pieroni, MC Vazquez, L Fregoli, G Materazzi,

Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

12.45 – 13.15     Historical Lecture

                           Thomas Peel Dunhill: The life and times of a pioneer thyroid surgeon
                           Prof. Fausto Pallazo
                           Chair: Marcin Barczynski

13.15 – 13.45     Satellite Lecture                                                       Vergina Hall
                           Sponsored by Medtronic

                           Synergy of Technologies in Head &Neck Surgery – from Past to Present
                           Prof Barczyński (Poland) & Prof Duran (Spain)
                           Moderator: Dr. Agnieszka Strzembosz

13:15 – 14:15     Lunch Break (Poster evaluation // PP095 - PP181)

14.15 – 16.00    BJS Prize Session

                            Chairs: Anders Bergenfelz, Marcin Barczynski

231. Quantitative parameters of intraoperative neuromonitoring can accurately predict the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve before dissection

C Christoforides^1,3 S Stefanou¹ I Zorbas¹ G Kritikos¹ I Papandrikos¹ S Gouliamas^1,4 A Arambatzi¹ K Rellos¹ N Roukounakis² K Vamvakidis¹

¹Department of Endocrine Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens,Greece, ²1st General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens,Greece, ³Endocrine Surgery Unit, Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus, ⁴Department of Surgery, Naval Hospital of Crete, Chania, Greece

192. A New Method For Defining Parathyroid Tissue In Focused Parathyroidectomy: Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)/Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Ratio From Tissue Aspirate

O Alpay, G Çitlak, M Akinci

General Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

123. Minimally invasive cortical sparing adrenalectomy: outcomes in 20 years’ experience. A multicenter study

M Boniardi¹ O Quagli^1,2 L Lorusso^1,2 G Abruzzese^{1, 2} I Pauna¹ S Andreani¹ PSL Aiello¹ M Iacobone³ G Cavallaro⁴ G Ferrari¹

¹Minimally Invasive and Oncological General Surgery, Dpt. of Endocrine Surg., Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy, ²University of Milan, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ³Minimally Invasive and Video-assisted Endocrine Surgery, Azienda Ospedaleria Universitaria di Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁴Department of Surgery P. Valdoni, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

202. Fascial versus standard neck dissection in patients with N1b papillary thyroid carcinoma

N Voloudakis², S Di Lorenzo^1,2, L Sessa², MP Cerviere^1,2, E Savia^1,2, B Biffoni^1,2, R Luca^1,2, R Bellantone^1,2, C De Crea^1,2, M Raffaelli^1,2

¹Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

119. Predicting clinical outcomes of patients with serum thyroglobulin antibodies after thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective study from a UK regional centre

H Anderson¹, S Gull¹, K Lim¹, R Oprean², K Spence³, T Cvasciuc¹

¹Endocrine Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast,UK, ²Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK, ³Endocrinology Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

170. Does transient hypoparathyroidism impair patients’ quality of life after total thyroidectomy?

J L Muñoz de Nova^1,2 L Delgado Burdalo¹ J Revuelta Ramírez¹ A Valdés de Anca¹ E Torres Minguez¹ R Sanz Ongil¹ R Tovar Pérez¹ E Martín-Pérez^1,2

¹Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

 
16.00 – 16.30    BJS Lecture:

                         New optical techniques for the detection and preservation of the parathyroid glands
                           Prof. Frederic Triponez
                           Chair: David Scott-Coombes

 16:30– 17:30    Video Session (Video 1 - 6) 

                            Chairs: Marco Raffaelli, Ioannis Koutelidakis

01. Is there an optimal surgical approach for locally advanced thyroid carcinoma?

Raffaelli Marco¹, Revelli Luca¹, Gallucci Pierpaolo², Prioli Francesca² De Crea Carmela¹

¹Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy ²Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

 02. Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy – A Step-By-Step Approach

CE Costa Almeida, MD, TV Caroço, MD

Hospital CUF Coimbra, Luz Aveiro, IPO Coimbra

 03.Laparoscopic left adrenalectomy and resection of paraaortic paragangliomas

M. Sotiropoulou¹,,N.Ntargakis¹, M. Psarologos¹, P.Metaxas¹, C.Kyzeridis¹,D.Stergiou¹, E.Kefalou¹, A.Paraskeva¹, E.Mavrodimitraki¹,S.Kapiris¹

¹Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece,3rd Surgical Department

 04. Real utility of neuromonitoring in uncommon situation during thyroidectomy

Alessandra Cossa

 05. Partial endoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy inby patients with MEN 2A/VHL - videopresentation and discussion about operative techniques

Róbert Kotán, Oliver Gimm

Department of Surgery – Endocrine Surgery Universitethospital Linköping

 06. Transoral Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy - Vestibular approach (TOEPVA)

Ozer Makay

 
17:30 – 18:00     Break 

18:00 – 18:30     ETA Lecture 

                           Supplementation of thyroid hormones after total thyroidectomy for Graves’s disease: what is the role of T3?
                             Prof. Simon Pearce
                             Chair: Gianlorenzo Dionigi

18:30 – 18:45     Honorary membership

                            Chair: David Scott-Coombes

18:45 – 19:00     Closing remarks

                            David Scott-Coombes, Nikolaos Roukounakis, Kyriakos Vamvakidis

20:00                Gala Dinner