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Endocrine Surgery

23AMW2481275 - Maneuvers for Difficult Thyroid Surgery

Sunday, October 1, 2023
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: MCC, Grand Ballroom C2

    Moderator(s)

  • David Goldenberg, MD

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

    • Panelist(s)

  • Phillip K. Pellitteri, DO FACS

    Attending Surgeon and Regional Medical Director
    Geisinger Health System
    Danville, PA, United States

    • Moderator(s)

  • RT

    Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA

    Clinical Professor
    The Florida State University School of Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
    Sarasota, FL, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • JS

    Joseph Scharpf, MD

    Professor
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Chagrin Falls, OH, United States

Disclosure(s):
David Goldenberg, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA: No relevant relationships to disclose.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Surgery for thyroid disease encompasses a broad spectrum of procedures involving multiple disease entities. Thyroid surgery may range from simple isthmusectomy or lobectomy to expansive procedures which involve bilateral cervical lymphadenectomy, resection of upper aerodigestive tract elements, and mediastinal dissection. Accordingly, these procedures are accompanied by varying degrees of difficulty in executing many of the surgical maneuvers involved in performing a safe and successful operative procedure. In addition, a variety of challenging problems may be encountered in thyroid surgery, including substernal goiter, locally aggressive thyroid cancer invading surrounding tissues, recurrent thyroid tumors, and benign fibroadhesive disease. In this mini-seminar, experts in head and neck surgery, specifically those for whom thyroid disease is a clinical focus, present practical discussions on surgical maneuvers that potentially challenge all surgeons performing thyroid surgery. The presentations are designed to offer the attendees a perspective on clinical scenarios that all thyroid surgeons may encounter in a technique-oriented “how I do it” style, emphasizing many of the critical and challenging surgical maneuvers necessary for success. The attendee will benefit from the perspectives offered so that potentially challenging thyroid surgery may be performed safely and successfully.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Understand the anatomy and its impact on complex thyroid surgery

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Analyze the conditions and situations the portent difficult thyroid surgery

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Implement the maneuvers that will assure safe and successful thyroid surgery

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: This mini-seminar, given by experts in the field, underscores surgical options, so that potentially challenging thyroid surgery can be performed safely and successfully. Last years seminar (2022) was very well received, and attendance was "standing room only".

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the anatomy and its impact on complex thyroid surgery
  • Analyze the conditions and situations the portent difficult thyroid surgery
  • Implement the maneuvers that will assure safe and successful thyroid surgery