thyroid surgery: the recurrent laryngeal nerve

PATRONAGE
The Course is offered by the Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Insubria,
Varese-Como, Italy. The Course is intended to be a one-day comprehensive review and update
of surgery of the thyroid gland with emphasis on recurrent laryngeal nerve. Surgical techniques
will be presented, including recurrent laryngeal nerve identification, preservation, monitoring
and reconstruction. Minimally invasive surgical techniques will be thorougly analyzed. Moreover discussions will be focused on recognition and management of nerve injury and new advances in its treatment. This is a special event of the American College of Surgeons Italy Chapter,
of the Società Italiana di Chirurgia and of the Società Italiana di Otorinolaringoiatria.
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION WILL BE PROVIDED
COMUNE di
VARESE
RegioneLombardia
Sanità
Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi
e degli Odontoiatri
della Provincia di Varese
Ospedale
di Circolo
Fondazione
Macchi
THYROID SURGERY:
THE RECURRENT
LARYNGEAL NERVE
PALACE GRAND HOTEL
VARESE, ITALY
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2009
– SURGICAL LANDMARKS OF RECURRENT
LARYNGEAL NERVE (RLN)
– MECHANISM OF RLN INJURY
– RISK FACTORS FOR RLN INJURY
– INTRAOPERATIVE EVIDENCE OF RLN
INJURY
– INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING
– PRESERVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE RLN IN ADVANCED THYROID
CANCER
– VISUALIZATION OF THE LARYNGEAL NERVES
DURING ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY
– SAFETY OF NEW HAEMOSTATIC
AND DISSECTING DEVICES CLOSE
TO THE NERVES
– VOICE CHANGES WITH NORMAL VOCAL
FOLD MOBILITY
– NEW THERAPIES FOR LARYNGEAL
PARALYSIS
– MALPRACTICE IN THYROID SURGERY
Course Director
Gianlorenzo Dionigi
PROGRAM
GENERAL INFORMATION
Scientific Secretary
Gianlorenzo Dionigi, MD, FACS ([email protected]);
Luigi Boni, MD, FACS ([email protected]);
Francesca Rovera, MD ([email protected])
Special Event of the American College
of Surgeons Italy Chapter
and Società Italiana di Chirurgia
and Società Italiana di Otorinolaringoiatria
INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON ENDOCRINE SURGERY
FACULTY
Detail: Crocefissione, sec. XV, Sanctuary of St. Maria del Monte, Varese, Italy
Commissioning Secretary
ARTCOM S.r.l.
Via B. Verro, 12 – 20141 Milano – Tel. 02 89540427 – Fax 02 89518954
E-mail: [email protected] – Web site: www.artcomsrl.it
- Peter Angelos, MD
- Maurizio Iacobone, MD
- Marcin Barczynski, MD
- Celestino Pio Lombardi, MD
Course location
All the scientific sessions will be held at the Palace Grand Hotel Varese (www.palacevarese.it),
via Luciano Manara, 11, Varese
- Luigi Bartalena, MD
- Akira Miyauchi, MD
- Francesco Basile, MD
- Paolo Miccoli, MD
- Amelia Bastagli, MD
- Radu Mihai, MD
- Rocco Bellantone, MD
- Angelo Nicolosi, MD
CME
The Course is accredited by the University of Insubria (www.uninsubria.it) and the Italian and
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
education for physicians and nurses
- Feng-Yu Chiang, MD
- Mariarosa Pelizzo, MD
- Thierry Defechereux, MD
- Gregory Randolph, MD
Registration and information
To register e-mail to: [email protected] – [email protected]
Tuition Fee: Medical Doctor € 150,00 (VAT included); Nurse € 50,00 (VAT included);
Free Fee for Residents and Fellows in Training (with a letter of verification from the
Department Chair)
- Gianlorenzo Dionigi, MD
- Joan Sancho-Insener, MD
- Henning Dralle, MD
- Akihiro Shiotani, MD
Accommodations
A limited number of rooms has been reserved at the Palace Grand Hotel Varese
Online information
Available at www.uninsubria.it, www.uninsubria.eu and www.artcomsrl.it
University of Chicago, USA
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
University of Insubria, Italy
University of Catania, Italy
University of Milan, Italy
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
University Hospital Liege, Belgium
University of Insubria, Italy
Martin-Luther-University of Halle, Germany
- Jean-François Henry, MD
Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Marseille,
France
- Allen Hillel, MD
eventi & comunicazione
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
University of Padua, Italy
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan
University of Pisa, Italy
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
University of Cagliari, Italy
University of Padua, Italy
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Endocrine Surgery Unit, Barcellona, Spain
National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa,
Japan
- Mario Sianesi, MD
University of Parma, Italy
- Emilio Trabucchi, MD
University of Milan, Italy
MORNING
O NING
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SION
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Chair
Bartalena L, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Italy
Sianesi M, Department of Surgical Science, University of Parma, Italy
07.15
REGISTRATION
08.00
WELCOME
Dionigi R, Rector University of Insubria, Italy
Bergamaschi W, Cheef Executive Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy
08.30
08.50
09.10
09.30
COURSE INTRODUCTION
Dionigi G, Department of Surgical Sciences,
University of Insubria, Italy
10.50
ELUCIDATING THE MECHANISM OF RECURRENT
LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY DURING THYROID
SURGERY WITH THE APPLICATION OF
INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING
Chiang FY, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
11.10
VISUALIZATION VERSUS NEUROMONITORING
OF THE RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE
Barczynski M, Department of Endocrine Surgery, 3rd Chair
of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
11.30
SURGICAL LANDMARKS FOR DETECTING
THE RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE
Henry JF, Department of General and Endocrine Surgery,
Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
INTRAOPERATIVE EVIDENCE OF RECURRENT
LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY
Randolph GW, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgical Divisions,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA, USA
15.30
VOICE CHANGES WITH NORMAL VOCAL FOLD
MOBILITY
Hillel AD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
15.50
VOICE CHANGES AFTER INJURY TO THE
RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE:
POSTOPERATIVE CARE
Mihai R, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
16.10
GENE THERAPY FOR LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS:
FUTURE THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR
LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS
Shiotani A, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa,
Japan
Chair
Nicolosi A, Department of Surgery, University of Cagliari, Italy
Trabucchi E, Department of Surgery, University of Milan, Italy
Adjourn
Coffee break
10.30
Chair
Pelizzo M, University of Padua, Italy
Castelnuovo P, Department of Otorhinolaryngology
University of Insubria, Italy
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RISK FACTORS FOR LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY
Dralle H, Department of General, Visceral and Vascular
Surgery, Martin-Luther-University of Halle, Germany
ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY AND
POSTOPERATIVE VOICE SYMPTOMS
Bellantone R, Department of Surgery,
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Lombardi CP, Department of Surgery,
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Adjourn
Coffee break
Adjourn
Light lunch with Professors
PREOPERATIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION
OF NON RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE
Iacobone M, Endocrine Surgery Department,
University of Padua, Italy
Chair
Bastagli A, Endocrine Surgery Unit, University of Milan, Italy
Basile F, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Italy
PRESERVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE IN LOCALLY
ADVANCED THYROID CANCER
Miyauchi A, Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan
14.40
14.00
SAFETY OF NEW HAEMOSTATIC AND DISSECTING
DEVICES CLOSE TO THE LARYNGEAL NERVES
Defechereux T, University Hospital Liege, Belgium
16.30
MALPRACTICE IN THYROID SURGERY
Angelos P, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago,
USA
14.20
VISUALIZATION OF THE LARYNGEAL NERVES
DURING VIDEO-ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY
Miccoli P, Department of General Surgery, S. Chiara Hospital,
University of Pisa, Italy
16.50
CONCLUSIONS
Sancho-Insener J, Endocrine Surgery Unit, Barcellona, Spain
18.00
Speakers dinner - Meet Bus at Hotel Lobby