Past APTS Congress


2nd Congress of Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS 2017)
Date: November 1~3, 2017
Venue: Loisir Hotel Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Theme: New Frontiers of Thyroid Surgery
President; Mikio Suzuki (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan)
Honorary President: Hiroya Kitano, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan


Poster Presentations

2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 1:
Aggressive thyroid cancer I

(P-1) 2 cases of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma Ryo Ikoma, Masaki Matsuura, Takashi Wada, Miyuko Yano, Nobuhiko Oridate
(P-2) A case of metastasis of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma to cardiovascular system Hiroyuki Maeda, Reina Terukina, Masashi Noha, Hidetoshi Kinjo, Jin Uezato, Shinya Agena, Sen Matayoshi, Mikio Suzuki
(P-3) The relation between microRNA and EMT in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells Shunji Tamagawa
(P-4) Low-Level Laser Therapy Promoted Aggressive Proliferation and Angiogenesis Through Decreasing of Transforming Growth Factor-β1and Increasing of Akt/Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Moon JeongHwan, Rhee Yun-Hee, Ahn Jin-Chul, Chung Phil-Sang
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 2:
Case Report: Benign I

(P-5) Two cases of ectopic thyroid tissue in the lateral neck Kazuya Kurakami
(P-6) A pediatric case of Plummer's disease YUSUKE NAKATA, Hideaki Kouzaki, Shigehiro Owaki, Takeshi Shimizu
(P-7) Tracheal stenosis due to huge adenomatous goiter Miri Toh
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 3:
Surgery for local advanced cancer I

(P-8) Usefulness of preoperative puncture drainage of cystic part of the tumor to prevent the tracheostomy in a patient with a large papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Hideharu Abe, Masayuki Ishida, Akira Nakazato, Hideo Shojaku, Kazuto Matuura2
(P-9) EXTENSION OF TUMOR THROMBUS TO BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN IN PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA Yoshinobu Hirose, Takeshi Hori, Yousuke Takemoto, Hiroshi Yamashita
(P-10) Use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) in airway crisis for impending airway obstruction in a patient with huge thyroid tumour with tracheal compression Eunice D Kwa, ChweeMing Lim
(P-11) Wide Resection of Sternal Metastasis in Follicular Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report Shun-Siang Chong, Khoon-Leong Ng, Siew-Yep Hoh, Giak-Huey Ng, Wei-Jin Wong, Ridwan Mirza, Krishnasamy Sivakumar
(P-12) A Case of Massive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in which Larynx was Successfully Preserved Keitaro Fujii, Kazuhiro Kishimoto, Jiro Aoi, Satoshi Saijyo, Shinkichi Morita, Takayuki Imai, Yukinori Asada, Kazuto Matsuura
(P-13) Surgical approach for thyroid cancer extending to mediastinum Naruhiko Morita
(P-14) Occult Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Right Shoulder Metastasis : Case Report in Thammasat University Hospital. Wilaporn Phakdeedindan
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 4:
Rare/Secondary cancer I


(P-15) Thyroid Insular Carcinoma with Multiple Bone Metastases Presenting As Pyriform Sinus Mass Seungwoo KIM1, KeeHwan KWON2
(P-16) Medullary thyroid carcinoma detected based on elevated serum procalcitonin levels: A case report Ryuhei Okada, Masaru Yokomura, Keiji Oi, Yosuke Ariizumi, Yusuke Kiyokawa, Fuminori Nomura, Akihisa Tasaki, Yumiko Tateishi, Susumu Kirimura, Takahiro Asakage
(P-17) A Case Of Huge Neck Swelling; An Unusual Presentation MNaseem Baloch, Rabiya Khan
(P-18) Secondary thyroid carcinoma from ALK-positive pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor Naoki Shimizu, Yusaku Akashi, Tomoko Wakasa, Yoshio Ohta, Kenichi Kakudo, Daisuke Osaki, Yoshinori Nakai, Katsunari Yane
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 5:
Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery


(P-19) Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve in Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA) Khwannara Ketwong, Thanadeth Vongjarukorn, Pornpeera Jitpratoom, Angkoon Anuwong
(P-20) Ten cases report of Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approached (TOETVA) after previous TOETVA surgery Thanadeth Vongjarukorn, Khwannara Ketwong, Pornpeera Jitpratoom, Angkoon Anuwong
(P-21) Comparative study of various endoscopic approaches for thyroidectomy in a single institute Myung-Chul Lee, IkJoon Choi, Byeong-Cheol Lee, Gun-Haeng Lee
(P-22) A comparison of Quality of life between open and endoscopic thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer. IkJoon Choi, MyungChul Lee
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 6:
Prognosis/Management of DTC I


(P-23) The prognostic factors of after surgical treatment of thyroid cancer Masafumi Kanno, Norihiko Narita, Shigeharu Fujieda
(P-24) Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma : Data in Head and Neck Cancer Referral Center, Bangkok, Thailand Davin Yavapolkul, Tatsanachat Jittreetat
(P-25) Impact of radioiodine ablation on Quality of Life (QoL) scores among thyroid cancer patients - preliminary analysis WeiKin Chong, ChweeMing Lim
(P-26) Predictive Factors of Contralateral Paratracheal Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer; Prospective Multi-center Study KeeHwan Kwon, YoungChan Lee, YoungGyu Eun, SeungWoo Kim
(P-27) Nodal Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma - Incidence and Risk Factors Jia Hui Ng
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 7:
QOL & Education


(P-28) The Role of Advanced Practice Nurses In South Korea In Understanding Thyroid & Head And Neck Cancer Patients Survivorship JiEyun PARK, HeeJung KIM, MiAe KIM, SuYoen KIM, DaeHyun KIM, Se Heon KIM, Yoon Woo Koh
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 8:
Pathology/Biomarker of thyroid tumor


(P-30) Significance of combined use of LBC specimens for aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules Yukari Endo, Fukuhara Takahiro, Ryohei Donishi, Chieko Ohno, Hiromi Takeuchi, Yoshihisa Umekita, Hiroya Kitano, Yasuaki Hirooka
(P-31) The use of fine-needle aspiration cytology and frozen section in the thyroid cancers Ching-Yi Yiu, Hui-Chen Hsu
(P-32) Correlation of Fine needle aspiration cytology with final histopathological diagnosis in thyroid cancer. HARISH CHAND TANEJA, VIPIN ARORA, RAMANDEEP KAUR
(P-33) Sorting nexin 5 restrains the oncogenic setting for thyroid cancer Sumito Jitsukawa, Ryuta Kamekura, Keiji Yamashita, Fumie Ito, Tomonori Nagaya, Ken-ichi Takano, Tetsuo Himi
2(Thu) 17:00-18:00

Poster Presentation 9:
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors I


(P-34) Efficacy and Safety of Lenvatinib for Unresectable Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Haruhiko Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Nobuyasu Suganuma, Katsuhiko Masudo, Hirotaka Nakayama, Kaori Kohagura
(P-35) Lenvatinib therapy for advanced thyroid cancer Yosuke Nakanishi
(P-36) Treatment with Lenvatinib to Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Report of Two Cases Buichirou Shin, Takashi Kurita, Takeichirou Aso, Hisaichirou Tanaka, Takeharu Ono, Shunichi Chitose, Hirohito Umeno
(P-37) Lenvatinib therapy for advanced or metastatic thyroid cancer in Nagoya City University Hospital Daisuke Kawakita, Shintaro Beppu, Kei Ijichi, Shingo Murakami
(P-38) Effectiveness of Lenvatinib for Thyroid Cancer; Four case reports Hideaki Kouzaki, Shigehiro Owaki, Yusuke Nakata, Takeshi Shimizu
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 10:
Aggressive thyroid cancer II


(P-39) Clinical features of poorly differentiated thyroid papillary carcinoma Masaaki Higashino, Takuya Yoshida, Shuji Nishikawa, Tetsuya Terada, Ryo Kawata
(P-40) The treatment and outcome analysis of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma Ryutaro Uchi, Ryuji Yasumatsu, Ryunosuke Kogo, Takahiro Wakasaki, Takashi Nakagawa
(P-41) The efficacy of hyperfractionated radiotherapy for Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma Ayuko Oba
(P-42) The three cases of anaplastic thyroid cancer in our hospital Keisuke Enomoto, Naoko Kumashiro, Sachiko Hayata, Takashi Ozaki, Muneki Hotomi
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 11:
Case Report: Benign II


(P-43) Adenolipoma of the Thyroid Gland Daisuke Saito, Kodai Tsuchida, Aya Ikeda, Katsunori Katagiri, Kiyoto Shiga
(P-44) Thyrolipomatosis: A case report Kana Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi Morisaki, Masao Takenobu, Sueyoshi Moritani, Hiroya Kitano
(P-45) Nivolumab-induced thyroid dysfunction : a case repot Hitoshi Hirakawa, Yukashi Yamashita, Takayuki Uehara, Tomoyo Higa, Munehisa Hiratsuka, Rena Terukina, Mikio Suzuki
(P-46) Piriform sinus fistula: Experience in Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Yusuke Sakaguchi
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 12:
Surgery for local advanced cancer II


(P-47) One-stage reconstruction of tracheal defect for invasive thyroid carcinoma: a series of 3 cases Rie Nakayama, Seiichi Shinden, Koji Sakamoto, Takuya Mikoshiba, Takashi Okada
(P-48) A Case of an Obese Patient, who Developed Phrenic Nerve Paralysis Following a Progressive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Surgery, where Postoperative Management was Difficult kazuhiro kishimoto, keitarou hujii, jiro aoi, satoshi saijyou, sinnkichi morita, takayuki imai, yukinori asada, kazuto matsuura
(P-49) Occult papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as sudden vocal fold palsy caused by extracapsular extension of lymph node metastasis invading vagus nerve Kazuyoshi Kuroda, Masao Yagi, Kensuke Suzuki, Takuo Fujisawa, Hiroshi Iwai
(P-50) A case of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma with huge cystic neck lymph node metastasis Kodai Tsuchida, Kiyoto Shiga, Katsunori Katagiri, Daisuke Saito
(P-51) A case report of diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma which metastasized to the larynx and hypopharynx Takenori Ogawa, Noriaki Nakashima, Hajime Usubuchi, Shun Sagai, Ayako Nakanome, Akira Ohkoshi, Kenjiro Higashi, Ryo Ishii, Yukio Katori
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 13:
Rare/Secondary cancer II


(P-52) Management of thyroid metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A case report and review of literature Moriyasu Yamauchi, Natsuko Shibamiya, Yuichiro Kuratomi
(P-53) Renal cell carcinoma metastasis in thyroid Hidetoshi Kinjo, Shinya Agena, Hiroyuki Maeda, Mikio Suzuki
(P-54) Metastasis of thoracic esophageal carcinoma to the thyroid: a case report Hiroshi Tsuge, Daisuke Kawakita, Kei Ijichi, Shingo Murakami
(P-55) Non-functioning parathyroid carcinoma Nobuyasu Suganuma, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Toshinari Yamashita, Tatsuya Yoshida, Takashi Yamanaka, Haruhiko Yamazaki, Daishi Nemoto, Yuka Matsubara, Takahiro Nakayama2, Katsuhiko Masudo, Munetaka Masuda
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 14:
Functional preservation/Complication


(P-56) Hypoparathyroidism in total thyroidectomy due to benign thyroid diseases Aysenur Meric, Bayram Veyseller, Remzi Dogan, Alper Yenigun, Orhan Ozturan
(P-57) Risk factors of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy. Aiko Oka, Nobuya Monden, Kaori Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Hanakawa
(P-58) The roles of quantitative amplitudes of neuromonitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery Hiroshi Katoh, Norihiko Sengoku, Masahiko Watanabe
(P-59) Predicting factors prognostic of unilateral vocal fold paralysis after thyroidectomy: The utility of early post-operative evaluation 2 weeks after thyroid surgery Dong-Il Sun, Young-Hak Park, Young-Hoon Joo, Sang-Yeon Kim
(P-60) Post-Thyroidectomy Hematoma: Risk Factor Analysis with Perioperative Considerations Woo-Jin JEONG, Sungjun HAN, Hanaro PARK, Sung-Joon PARK, Jihye RHEE, YoungHo JUNG, Myung-Whun SUNG, KwangHyun KIM, Soon-Hyun AHN
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 15:
Prognosis/Management of DTC II


(P-61) Correlation between lymph node density and survival outcomes in differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma based on the eighth edition UICC Hidenori Suzuki, Nobuhiro Hanai, Daisuke Nishikawa, Yusuke Koide, Shintaro Beppu, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
(P-62) Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Strategy for Isthmic Papillary Thyroid Cancer Jin-Choon Lee
(P-63) Is combined elective unilateral central neck dissection and thyroid lobectomy necessary for the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma less than 1cm? HoJin Son, JeongKyu Kim, SungHwan Park, YoungJu Jeong
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 16:
Diagnostic imaging


(P-64) Computed tomography for the diagnosis of follicular thyroid neoplasm Takuma Makino, Yorihisa Orita2, Tomoyasu Tachibana, Hidenori Marunaka, Kentaro Miki, Yusuke Akagi3, Noki Akisada4, Yasutoshi Komatsubara, Yoshiaki Usui, Kazunori Nishizaki
(P-65) Clinical significance of PET-CT in recurrent papillary thyroid cancer HYUNKEUN KWON
3(Fri) 16:00-17:00

Poster Presentation 17:
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors II


(P-67) Clinical utility of lenvatinib for advanced thyroid cancer: A single center experience Mitsuhiko Nakahira, Masashi Sugasawa, Yasuhiro Ebihara, Yasunao Kogashiwa, Kazuhiko Minami, Susumu Oba, Kiyomi Kuba, Hitoshi Inoue
(P-68) Tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatments for the three patients with symptomatic bone metastasis of thyroid cancer Tsuyoshi Morisaki, Sueyoshi Moritani, Hiroya Kitano, Kunihiko Nagahara, Hiromi Takeuchi
(P-69) Experience with the usage of sorafenib in our department Masao Takenobu, Sueyoshi Moritani, Kana Yoshioka, Hiroya Kitano
(P-70) A single-center experience of Sorafenib treatment in patients with advanced thyroid cancer Yoshiaki Mori, Mana Inamo, Yuka Kumagai, Hiroshi Hyakusoku, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kazumasa Suzuki
(P-71) Experience of Vandetanib for medullary thyroid carcinoma in our department. Shinya Agena, Hidetoshi Kinjyo, Hiroyuki Maeda, Mikio Suzuki