Program

Preliminary program (v. January, 2023)

Wednesday, February 22, 2023University Hospital of Geneva (SFITS)
8:00 AM
Three live cases: Frédéric Triponez
Chairs: Quan-Yang Duh, Carmen Solorzano, Fares Benmiloud, Marco Demarchi & Jordi Vidal Fortuny
Invited video:
Intraoperative mapping angiography using auto-fluorescence and ICG 
Fares Benmilloud, Marseille, France
ICG mapping angiography
Pablo Moreno, Barcelona, Spain
PTEye use for teaching
Carmen Solorzano and Taylor St Amour, Nashville, USA
Adrenal localisation and perfusion assessment with ICG
Barbara Seeliger, Michele Diana, Strasbourg, France
5:00 PMEnd of the day

Thursday, February 23, 2023Royal Manotel
8.00 AMInauguration and Welcome
Quan-Yang Duh, San Francisco, USA ; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, USA & Frédéric Triponez, Geneva, Switzerland
8:10 AMSESSION 1: LONG TERM HYPOPARATHYROIDISM IN 2022
Moderators: Peter Kopp, Lausanne, Switzerland
8:10 AMIntroduction
Peter Kopp, Lausanne, Switzerland
8:15 AMStandardization of the definition of hypoparathyroidism (15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
Michael Singer, Detroit, USA / Saba Balasubramanian, Sheffield, UK
8:35 AMRegistry data
Eurocrine and Scandinavian Registries: Anders Bergenfelz, Lund, Sweden (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
German Registry: Kerstin Lorenz, Halle, Germany (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
UK Registry: Sebastian Aspinall, Aberdeen, UK (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
CESQIP: John Phay, Columbus, USA (10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
9:35 AMPanel discussion – Peter Kopp , Lausanne, Switzerland & Leyre Lorente-Poch, Barcelona, Spain & Natalie Grosset (patient representative), Annecy, France
10:15 AMCoffee Break
10:45 AMSESSION 2:  BASICS ON OPTICS
Moderator: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, USA
10:45 AMWhat is fluorescence and other optical techniques (15 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A)
Martin Frenz, Bern, Switzerland
11:00 AMIndocyanine Green and other contrast agents (15 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A)
Michael Bouvet, UCSan Diego, USA
11:35 AMStandardization of quantification of perfusion (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Schelto Kruijff, Groningen, The Netherlands
11:55 AMAbstract 3 – Indocyanine green angiography for predicting hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy: a phase II standardisation and quantification study (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Eline Feitsma, The Netherlands
12:15 PMLunch Break
01:15 PMSESSION 3: ABSTRACTS PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Claudio Cernea, Sao Paulo, Brazil
01:15 PMAbstract 1 – Does parathyroid gland autofluorescence detection during total thyroidectomy affect the rates of postoperative hypoparathyroidism? Initial experience from a specialized center in endocrine surgery. (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Konstantinos Apostolou, Greece
01:23 PMAbstract 5 – Intraoperative prevention of postoperative hypoparathyroidism (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A) Virtual
Kristina Vabalayte, Russia
01:31 PMAbstract 10 – Herein, we report assessment of PTG perfusion using indocyanine green angiography in transoral robotic thyroidectomy. (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Wan Wook Kim, South Korea
01:39 PMAbstract 8 – Does near-infrared fluorescent imaging add value in first-time surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism? (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Arslan Pannu, United Kingdom
01:47 PMAbstract 14 – Parathyroid gland detection using an intraoperative autofluorescence handheld imager – early feasibility study (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Khalid Mohamed Ali, USA
01:59 PMAbstract 6 – Parathyroid detection in transoral surgery: hANDY-I Endoscopic Attachment (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Stefanie Seo, USA
02:15 PMAbstract 13 – Probe-based assessment of ICG enhanced fluorescence of vascularized parathyroid glands (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Michael Singer, USA
02:23 PMAbstract 9 – Why does diseased parathyroid appear weak or heterogenous intensity during NIR autofluorescence? (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A) Virtual
Shih-Ming Huang, Taiwan
02:35 PMSESSION 4: THE 3 STEPS IN USING FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PARATHYROID GLANDS
Step 1 : parathyroid identification
Moderator: Eren Berber, Cleveland, USA
02:35 PMAnatomy (localization) and embryology of the parathyroid gland (15 minutes)
Quan-Yang Duh, San Francisco, USA
02:50 PMDetection of the parathyroid glands with probe-based technique (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Carmen Solorzano, Nashville, USA
03:10 PMDetection of the parathyroid glands using image-based techniques (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Saba Balasubramanian, Sheffield, UK
03:30 PMCoffee Break
04:00 PMSESSION 4: THE 3 STEPS IN USING FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PARATHYROID GLANDS
Step 2 : mapping of parathyroid vessels
Moderator: Gregory Randolph, Boston, USA
04:00 PMVascular anatomy of the parathyroid glands (15 minutes)
Frédéric Triponez, Geneva, Switzerland
04:15 PMMapping of parathyroid vessels before thyroid resection using equipments able to detect autofluorescence and ICG (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Fares Benmilloud, Marseille, France
04:35 PMMapping of parathyroid vessels before thyroid resection using equipments able to detect ICG “only” (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Pablo Moreno, Barcelona, Spain
04:55 PMSESSION 4: THE 3 STEPS IN USING FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PARATHYROID GLANDS
Step 3 : assessment of parathyroid perfusion after thyroid resection
Moderator: Gregory Randolph, Boston, USA
04:55 PMCorrelation between visual scores and parathyroid function (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Leyre Lorente-Poch, Barcelona, Spain
05:15 PMCorrelation between ICG scores and post-operative PTH levels (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Marco Demarchi, Geneva, Switzerland
05:35 PMOther technology to assess perfusion (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Richard Cha, Washington DC, USA
06:00 PMEnd of the day
07:30 PMConference Dinner
Bains des Pâquis
Friday, February 24, 2023Royal Manotel
08:00 AMSESSION 5: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESULTS USING FLUORESCENT TECHNIQUES IN THYROID PATHOLOGY
Moderator: Saba Balasubramanian, Sheffield, UK
08:00 AMThyroidectomy for benign goiter and Graves’ disease (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Aimee Di Marco, London, UK
08:20 AMThyroidectomy for thyroid cancer, including neck dissection (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Paulina Kuczma, Paris, France
08:40 AMWould the recommendations regarding prophylactic central neck dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer be different if we can achieve less hypoparathyroidism (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Peter Kopp, Lausanne, Switzerland
09:00 AMThyroidectomy in children (benign and malignant, including prophylactic thyroidectomy) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Kerstin Lorenz, Halle, Germany
09:20 AMSESSION 6: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND RESULTS USING FLUORESCENT TECHNIQUES IN parathyroid PATHOLOGY
Moderator: Quan-Yang Duh, San Francisco, USA
09:20 AMSporadic primary hyperparathyroidism (well localized and non-localized) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Eren Berber, Cleveland, USA
09:40 AMMultiglandular hyperparathyroidism (renal hyperparathyroidism, MEN1) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Kerstin Lorenz, Halle, Germany
10:00 AMReoperations for persistent/recurrent hyperparathyroidism (primary and secondary) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
John Phay, Columbus, USA
10:20 AMCoffee break
10:45 AMSESSION 7: ABSTRACTS PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Michael Singer, Detroit, USA & Sarah Bugby, Loughborough, UK
10:45 AMAbstract 12 – Autofluorescence of the parathyroid glands in the hands of high-volume endocrine surgeons. (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Agnieszka Dworzyńska, Poland
10:57 AMAbstract 2 – Intraoperative parathyroid gland identification using autofluorescence in thyroid cancer surgery with central neck dissection: impact on post-operative hypocalcemia. (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Joanne Guerlain, France
11:09 AMAbstract 15 – Imaging parathyroid adenoma with ICG (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Michael Bouvet, USA
11:21 AMAbstract 11 – ICG fluorescence angiography preserves parathyroid function after subtotal parathyroidectomy in patients with renal hyperparathyroidism (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Jacob Kinggaard Lilja-Fischer, Denmark
11:33 AMAbstract 7 – Preliminary report following implementation of point of care (POC) intraoperative PTH (IOPTH) assay using whole blood during surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Rahul Mohankumar, United Kingdom
11:45 AMAbstract 4 – Autonomous and self-sustained circadian oscillators displayed in human primary parathyroid cell culture dire parathormone secretion (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Volodymyr Petrenko, Switzerland
11:57 AMAbstract 16 – FNA-derived Parathyroid Organoids: Advancing Multiplatform Applications (8 minutes + 4 minutes Q&A)
Naira Baregamian, USA
12:09 PMReal world of chronic hypoparathyroidism (15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A)
Jean-Philippe Bertocchio, Paris, France
12:30 PMISITES Business Meeting
12:45 PMLunch Break
01:45 PMSESSION 8: Future directions
Moderator: Colleen Kiernan, Nashville, USA
01:45 PMNerve fluorescence (UV) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Fernando Dip, Buenos Aires, Argentina (virtual)
02:05 PMIntraoperative nerve imaging (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Justin Baba, Nashville, USA
02:25 PMAdrenal and NET autofluorescence (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Colleen Kiernan, Nashville, USA
02:45 PMAdrenal fluorescence (with ICG) (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Barbara Seeliger, Strasbourg, France
03:05 PMAI/Machine Learning for parathyroid detection, including introduction on AI
Richard Cha, Washington DC, USA
03:25 PMAI/Deep learning to identify the RLN during thyroidectomy
Claudio Cernea, Sao Paulo, Brazil
03:45 PMCoffee break
04:15 PMSession 9: Future Directions 2
Moderator: Frédéric Triponez, Geneva, Switzerland
04:15 PMThe future of fluorescence in surgery (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Michele Diana, IRCAD, Strasbourg, France
04:35 PMIntraoperative gamma hybrid imaging (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Sarah Bugby, Loughborough, UK
04:55 PMAbstract 17 – Seracam: A first look at a new intraoperative gamma camera (5 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A)
Andrew Farnworth, UK
05:05 PMHarvard Autofluorescence Studies: can you get a number from a picture? (12 minutes + 8 minutes Q&A)
Gregory Randolph, Boston, USA
05:25 PMConference evaluation and final remarks
06:00 PMEnd of the conference