Announcements

Forthcoming Focused Issue: Transoral Thyroidectomy edited by Drs. Anuwong Angoon, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Hoon Yub Kim, and Ralph P. Tufano

Published: 2017-09-05
Guest editor:

Anuwong Angoon

Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Gianlorenzo Dionigi

University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Hoon Yub Kim

Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ralph P. Tufano

The Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBoston, USA

The scheduled outline of the focused issue:
Editorial

Future directions of transoral thyroidectomy research

All Editors with Professor Wen Tian

Review article

History and evolution of transoral thyroidectomy approach

Tahar Benhidjeb, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Indications and contraindications for transoral thyroidectomy approach

Jonathon O. Russell, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

How to begin transoral thyroidectomy

Young Jun Chai, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Korea and Hoon Yub Kim, Korea University, Korea

How to handle complications from transoral thyroidectomy

Anuwong Angoon, Police General Hospital, Thailand

Anestesiologist perpectives for the transoral approach

Alessandro Bacuzzi, Fondazione Macchi, Italy and Gianlorenzo Dionigi, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Instrumentation and technological future directions for transoral thyroidectomy

Ralph Tufano, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA and Jeremy D. Richmon, Harvard Medical School, USA

Pre- and postoperative patient care for transoral thyroidectomy

Gianlorenzo Dionigi, University of Insubria, Italy

Surgical anatomy for transoral thyroidectomy

Ping Wang, Zhejiang University School of Medicine(SAHZU), China

Robotic transoral thyroidectomy technique with video

Hoon Yub Kim, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea and Young Jun Chai, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Korea

Central neck dissection by transoral approach

Jeremy D. Richmon, Johns Hopkins University, USA and Ralph Tufano, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Energy based devices for transoral thyroidectomy

Gianlorenzo Dionigi, University of Insubria, Italy

Neural monitoring in transoral thyroidectomy

Che Wei Wu, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan and Gianlorenzo Dionigi, University of Insubria, Italy

The use of ICG enhanced fluorescence for evaluation parathyroid gland preservation

Pornpeera Jitpratoom, Police General Hospital, Thailand