Description
Will the current guidelines affect the prognosis or prove that some patients had unnecessary thyroid surgery in the past? This afternoon meeting will review current best practice in thyroid surgery.
topics covered
Options for treatment of low risk thyroid cancer
Impact of thyroid disease on the airway
How surgeons are affected by BAETS guidelines
Mr Guri Sandhu is presenting his experience in the management of advanced thyroid cancers involving the trachea and airway. The 2014 BAETS thyroid guidelines have revised its views on low risk thyroid cancers, with Mr Jeremy Davis shall highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic changes and it’s possible affects on the outcomes.
key speaker
Professor Oliver Kaschke will share his views on the management options for low risk thyroid cancer.
rates
This meeting is free for RSM members.
Non-members: £5 – £70
agenda
1.30 pm
Registration, tea and coffee
2.00 pm
Welcome and introduction
2.05 pm
JLO lecture: Low risk thyroid cancer: Observation or lobectomy?
Professor Oliver Kaschke, Chief Consultant in Otolaryngology, Sankt Gertrauden Hospital, Berlin, Germany
2.55 pm
Question and answer session
3.05 pm
Tea and coffee break
3.25 pm
Thyroid disease and the airway
Mr Guri Sandhu, Consultant Laryngologist, Imperial College London
3.50 pm
Question and answer session
3.55 pm
BAETS guidelines and the surgeon
Mr Jeremy Davis, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Medway NHS Foundation Trust
4.20 pm
Question and answer session
4.25 pm
Closing remarks
4.30 pm
Close of session