Transoral Thyroid Surgery Debates

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: 207A

Moderator(s)

Leonardo G. Rangel, MD,

Chief
Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil
Rio De Janerio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Panelist(s)

JR

Jonathon O. Russell, MD

Chief of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States
David Goldenberg, MD

Professor and Chair -Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Penn State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA, United States

Moderator(s)

Antonio Augusto A. Bertelli, MD, Ms

Professor of Surgery
Head and Neck Surgery Division / Santa Casa de São Paulo Medical School
São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: We will debate the pros and cons of the Transoral Endoscopic Approach to Thyroid and parathyroid surgery. We will demonstrate the advantages of the procedure; its limitations; the need for special training and proctoring, advantages to the patient; improvements to the surgeon. All in two lectures with opposing points of view followed by a stimulated discussion with the audience.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Explain the benefits of the Transoral Endoscopic Approach to Thyroid and parathyroid surgery

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Compare Transoral Endoscopic Approach to Thyroid and parathyroid surgery with an open approach regarding outcomes; complications; results and special training necessities

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Engage an open debate with the audience regarding the points discussed and the steps needed to implement this technique

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: The TOETVA is a established approach to the Thyroid and parathyroid. Currently adopted in different centers across the globe. This technique overcomes the major stigma of this procedure, the scar. It will open a myriad of opportunities for new technologies to be embebed on thyroid surgery