Program


Thursday, 15th February, 2024

13.15-13.40 Registration

13.40-14.00 Welcome and introduction
Giovanni Mauri, Milan – IT, Luca M. Sconfienza, Milan – IT, Luigi Solbiati, Milan - IT
Roberto Crugnola - CEO IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio, Milan - IT
Renato Cozzi - President AME, Milan - IT

European guidelines on MITT
Chairpersons: Hervè Monpeyssen, Paris - FR, Luca M. Sconfienza, Milan - IT
14.00-14.10 Guidelines on benign thyroid nodules - Enrico Papini, Albano Laziale, RM - IT
14.10-14.20 Guidelines on malignant thyroid tumors - Giovanni Mauri, Milan - IT
14.20-14.30 Discussion

Technologies and techniques for MITT
Chairpersons: Gioacchino Giugliano, Milan - IT, Luigi Solbiati, Milan - IT
14.30-14.40 RFA - Pál Ákos Deák, Budapest - HU
14.40-14.50 Laser - Daniela Sansone, Turin - IT
14.50-15.00 MWA - Stefano Spiezia, Naples - IT
15.00-15.10 Not only mooving shot - Camillo Aliberti, Verona - IT; Andrea Casaril , Verona - IT
15.10-15.20 How I make the choice - Edouard Ghanassia, Sete - FR
15.20-15.35 Discussion

Present evidences on results of MITT
Chairpersons: Luca Persani, Milan - IT, Edouard Ghanassia, Sete - FR
15.35-15.45 Benign thyroid nodules - Fulvio Stacul, Trieste - IT
15.45-15.55 AFTN - Johannes-Paul Richter, Berlin - DE
15.55-16.05 Malignant thyroid tumors - Teresa Dionisio, Vila Nova de Gaia - PT
16.05-16.20 Discussion

16.20-16.50 BREAK

Case based discussion
Chairpersons: Laura Fugazzola, Milan - IT, Myrsini Gkeli, Athens - GR
16.50-17.10 Case 1 (benign thyroid nodule) - Eveline Slotema, Marseille - FR
17.10-17.30 Case 2 (AFTN) - Marco Dell’Acqua, Milan - IT
17.30-17.50 Case 3 (multinodular goiter) - Gulsah Yildirim, Istanbul - TR
17.50-18.10 Case 4 (PTMC) - Giovanni Antonelli, Naples - IT
18.10-18.30 Case 5 (nodule rupture) - Hervè Monpeyssen, Paris - FR
18.30-18.50 Case 6 (parathyroid adenoma) - Claudio Cusini, Milan - IT


Friday, 16th February, 2024

 

Organizing a MITT practice
Chairpersons: Maurilio Deandrea, Turin - IT, Hossam A. Ghazi, Mansoura - EG
08.30-08.40 Preprocedural workup and postoperative management - Lorenzo Monfardini, Milan - IT
08.40-08.50 Discussion
08.50-09.00 How we do it (with video case) - Daniele Maiettini, Milan - IT
09.00-09.10 Discussion
09.10-09.20 Which anaesthesia? - Monika Sallai, Budapest - HU
09.20-09.30 Discussion

Hot topics I
Chairpersons:  Andrea Frasoldati, Reggio Emilia - IT, Maria Cecilia Mariani, Milan - IT
09.30-09.40 Tiny lesions (<5 mL) and big lesions (>30 mL) - Gilles Russ, Paris - FR
09.40-09.50 Discussion
09.50-10.00 US and clinical features to predict
treatment response - Izabella Costa Santos, Rio de Janeiro - BR
10.00-10.10 Discussion
10.10-10.20 Complications of MITT - Robert Eisele, Oranienburg - DE
10.20-10.30 Discussion
10.30-10.40 Parathyroid ablation - Luigi Solbiati, Milan - IT
10.40-10.50 Discussion

10.50-11.20 BREAK

Hot topics II
Chairpersons: Teresa Dionisio, Vila Nova de Gaia - PT, Carmela Asteria, Milan - IT
11.20-11.30 Nodule regrowth - Stella Bernardi, Trieste - IT
11.30-11.40 Discussion
11.40-11.50 The patient perspective - Jennifer Holkem, Huntsville - USA
11.50-12.00 Discussion
12.00-12.10 Economical impact of introduction of MITT - Giampaolo Papi, Carpi (MO) - IT
12.10-12.20 Discussion

12.20-13.05 Conclusions and future perspectives
Edouard Ghanassia, Sete - FR, Giovanni Mauri, Milan - IT

Hands on course (2 parallel sessions)  

Not accredited CME - Reserved for n. 60 Participants

14.00-17.30
Participants will have the opportunity to perform ablation on dedicated phantoms
with different RFA and MWA ablation systems on 5 different stations.