Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Routine central lymph node dissection (CLND) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. Selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) could improve the surgical approach, as negative cases would benefit from avoiding a more aggressive technique and in positive samples a more accurate staging would be obtained.Aim: To analyze the usefulness of SLN biopsy in the surgical treatment of PTC.Patients and Met...

Introduction: Morbid obesity (MO) is a major global public health problem, associated with a significant economic burden, both due to its high prevalence and the number and severity of its comorbidities. MO is associated with a high degree of difficulty to lead a normal social and working life. Weight loss is effective in decreasing these risks and to reduce disease severity. Bariatric surgery (BS) is an effective therapy for sustained weight loss and for the improvement of th...