Endocrine Abstracts

Topicality: The most common cancer of the endocrine system is thyroid cancer. The main method of treatment for highly differentiated thyroid cancer is surgical.A special place among the complications of surgical treatment of thyroid cancer according to the severity of manifestation and the complexity of prevention is occupied by postoperative hypoparathyroidism.The purpose of the study.Minimize the risk of da...

Purpose: Thyroid nodules are an extremely common occurrence. The aim of the study is to evaluate the results of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for benign symptomatic thyroid nodules.Materials and methods: Three hundred and sixty two patients with benign symptomatic thyroid nodules (TIRADS/ Bethesda: TIRADS 2, TIRADS 3/THY 2) were included in this research: 355 women and 7 men. The median age of the group was 48 (24–76). The mean nodule size was 3.5 (...

Purpose: Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid carcinoma and represents approximately 80% of all thyroid cancers. The aim of the study is an evaluation of the treatment results of micropapillary thyroid carcinoma by the radiofrequency ablation (RFA).Materials and methods: Fourteen patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma T1aN0M0 with wild type of BRAF (V600E) were included in this research: 12 women and 2 men. The median age of the...

Topicality: Thyroid nodules are detected by palpation in 4–8% of the adult population and in ultrasound in 10–41%. However, most of them (90%) are benign tumors and require monitoring. Indications for surgery are compression symptoms and/or hyperthyroidism, as well as cosmetic issues. One of the severe complications of the operation is intraoperative damage of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.Research objective: Minimize the risk of damage to the ...