16th Biennial Congress of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AsAES 2018)

Welcome to the 16th Congress of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons

It is my great honor and pleasure to welcome you to the 16th Congress of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, which is held from Mar 08 to 10, 2018 in New Delhi, India by Congress President Saroj K. Mishra with the official support of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Congress President Saroj K Mishra is Professor and Head of Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. He selected judiciously J W Marriott Hotel, NewDelhi Aerocity as the location and venue of the Congress. The venue is very easy to access from the International Airport and to the central area of Delhi City also.

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Focused issue: Transoral Thyroidectomy

Guest Editors: Anuwong Angoon, Hoon Yub Kim, Ralph P. Tufano and Gianlorenzo Dionigi.

We are proud to present this special issue dedicated to the most recent development in TOETVA, which represents a comprehensive and extensive collection of information regarding all aspects of the patient’s management including selection and preparation of the patient, informed consent, anesthesiological aspects, the progress in surgical techniques and technological tools used for the prevention of the most common complications (florescence and neuromonitoring IONM), and the prevention and treatment of any complications including those that are rarely described in literature.

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Editor-in-Chief: Wen Tian

Dr. Wen Tian is a Chief Physician & Professor and tutor of master candidates at the Department of General Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital. As an academic leader in thyroid surgery and hernia and abdominal wall surgery in China, he currently serves as the chairman of the Chinese Research Hospital Association Thyroid Disease Committee, chairman of the Chinese Thyroid Association, and board member of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. He is the member of the editorial boards of 8 core Chinese journals including Chinese Journal of Surgery, Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery, Chinese Journal of Practical Journal, Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery, and Chinese Journal of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery.

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Prof. Quan-Yang Duh: the increasing morbidity of PTMC in America may be resulted from overtreatment

The 2017 Annual Congress of International Society of Oncoplastic Endocrine Surgeons (ISOPES) was successfully held during April 20–23 in Hangzhou, China. Many renowned surgeons, abroad and at home attended this congress, presenting their personal clinical experience and sharing the state of art in endocrine surgery field.

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Professor Akira Miyauchi: the treatment of low-risk thyroid cancer

Professor Akira Miyauchi is President and COO of Kuma Hospital, Center of Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kobe, Japan. He is a Japanese endocrine surgeon, who is specialized in thyroid and parathyroid diseases. As the associate professor of the Department of Surgery, Kagawa Medical University, he proposed and initiated a clinical trial of active surveillance for low-risk papillary micro cancer in collaboration with Kuma Hospital in 1993. In 2001, he was appointed the President of Kuma Hospital. Since then, he has been keen on the study of evaluating treatments for papillary micro cancer, observation versus surgery. He is a visiting Professor of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, and University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. He is also serving as Chairman of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

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