Surgery represents the treatment of choice for thyroid carcinoma, both for the treatment of the primary tumor and for the persistent/recurrent disease.
In the era of precision medicine, however, the extent of the surgical approach, particularly of the primary tumor, is still a matter of discussion.
The aim of this research topic is to discuss the rationale behind the choice of a surgical approach for these patients, the different surgical techniques proposed (robotic, transoral, video-assisted), and the management of the surgically related complications (i.e., hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, surgical bleeding).
Moreover, since new surgical techniques have been proposed to reduce the incidence of surgical complications (i.e. nerve integrity monitoring, parathyroid fluorescence), we aimed to focus on the use of these techniques in thyroid cancer treatment.
The aim of this topic is to improve the knowledge about the surgical management of thyroid cancer.
The optimal extent of surgical treatment and the surgical approaches and new techniques will be discussed with a particular focus on the surgically related complications and how the new technologies could improve this issue.
We are confident that this research could help physicians to choose the best initial surgical approach, reducing surgically related complications, ensuring complete recovery of the patient.
The scope of this research topic is to establish the best treatment for patients with thyroid cancer; this is achieved by the correct initial surgical approach (lobectomy, total thyroidectomy, prophylactic lymph node dissection) and by the use of new technologies. The use of different surgical instruments could reduce postoperative complications improving the quality of life of the patients.
Specific sub-themes are:
- Surgical technique proposed for treatment of thyroid cancer (robotic surgery, minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy, trans vestibular approach...),
- Use of new instruments to prevent surgical complications (nerve integrity monitoring, parathyroid florescence, energy-based devices),
- Tailored surgical treatment of thyroid cancer (lobectomy, total thyroidectomy, lymph node dissection).
Surgery represents the treatment of choice for thyroid carcinoma, both for the treatment of the primary tumor and for the persistent/recurrent disease.
In the era of precision medicine, however, the extent of the surgical approach, particularly of the primary tumor, is still a matter of discussion.
The aim of this research topic is to discuss the rationale behind the choice of a surgical approach for these patients, the different surgical techniques proposed (robotic, transoral, video-assisted), and the management of the surgically related complications (i.e., hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, surgical bleeding).
Moreover, since new surgical techniques have been proposed to reduce the incidence of surgical complications (i.e. nerve integrity monitoring, parathyroid fluorescence), we aimed to focus on the use of these techniques in thyroid cancer treatment.
The aim of this topic is to improve the knowledge about the surgical management of thyroid cancer.
The optimal extent of surgical treatment and the surgical approaches and new techniques will be discussed with a particular focus on the surgically related complications and how the new technologies could improve this issue.
We are confident that this research could help physicians to choose the best initial surgical approach, reducing surgically related complications, ensuring complete recovery of the patient.
The scope of this research topic is to establish the best treatment for patients with thyroid cancer; this is achieved by the correct initial surgical approach (lobectomy, total thyroidectomy, prophylactic lymph node dissection) and by the use of new technologies. The use of different surgical instruments could reduce postoperative complications improving the quality of life of the patients.
Specific sub-themes are:
- Surgical technique proposed for treatment of thyroid cancer (robotic surgery, minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy, trans vestibular approach...),
- Use of new instruments to prevent surgical complications (nerve integrity monitoring, parathyroid florescence, energy-based devices),
- Tailored surgical treatment of thyroid cancer (lobectomy, total thyroidectomy, lymph node dissection).