Ongoing research
There are still many unresolved research questions in the field of endocrine surgery. Here you will find a variety of ongoing studies at different stages of completion.
Thyroid cancer
- Preoperative diagnosis across Europe: accuracy of thyroid cytology and ultrasound
- Anaplastic carcinoma
- Diagnosis in lymph node metastasis by ultrasound
- Advanced thyroid cancer
- Evaluation of the extent and lymph node harvest of Prophylactic vs Therapeutic central neck dissection in thyroid surgery
Thyroid
- Technical methods for haemostasis in thyroid surgery
- Have we overcome the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic in European Endocrine Surgery
- Impact on surgical strategy and outcome of intermittent and continuous nerve monitoring
- Impact of the use of auto-fluorescens for identification of parathyroid glands to reduce postoperative hypoparathyroidism
- Thyroxin treatment in patients undergoing hemithyroidectomy
- Quality Management and AI-assisted Analysis of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery
Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Re-operation for primary hyperparathyroidism: analysis of outcomes
- Operation for primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with double negative localisation investigations
- Quality of Life in primary hyperparathyroidism, before and after surgery
- Outcome of surgical treatment in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism treated with Lithium
Adrenal
- Comparison between retroperitoneal endoscopic adrenalectomy and laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Diagnosis, clinical work up, surgery and outcomes in patients undergoing adrenalectomy due to metastasis
Neuroendocrine tumours
- Surgical approach of small bowel endocrine tumours with liver or lymph node metastasis
- Paraganglioma