RACS ASC 2026

RESEARCH

Scientific Session

Scientific Session

1:30 pm

01 May 2026

Meeting Room M2

Disciplines

Endocrine Surgery

Chairs

Dr Alexander Papachristos
Australia
Dr Alexandra Jacobson
Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney - Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr Jessica Preece
Australia

Session Program

1:30 pm

Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Cancer is a Safe Procedure Despite 2025 Recommendations from the American Thyroid Association

Dr Christopher Barnes (NSW)

1:41 pm

Feasibility of day case minimally invasive parathyroidectomy in the Australian setting – can we do it in a day?

Dr Victoria Lu (SA)

1:52 pm

A Prospective Study of Radiofrequency Ablation for the Management of Benign Symptomatic Thyroid Nodules

Dr Alexandra Jacobson (Aotearoa New Zealand)

2:03 pm

A Prospective Study of Change in Muscle Strength and Endurance After Surgical Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Dr Christopher Barnes (NSW)

2:14 pm

Early Improvement in Patient-Reported Fatigue Following Parathyroidectomy for Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Dr Kiran Narula (Western Australia)

2:25 pm

A five-year retrospective review of histopathological findings of benign thyroid nodules surgically excised in Western Australia

Dr Emma Reid (WA)

2:36 pm

Incidence, predictive factors, and natural history of hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy

Miss Katerina Misevska (NSW)

2:47 pm

Efficacy of 18F-fluorocholine PET in complex pre-surgical localization for persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism

Dr Ashley Frois (Western Australia)

2:58 pm

Impact of ICG angiography for Saving Parathyroids during Trans Oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA)

Dr Narendra Lohokare (Maharashtra)

3:09 pm

Middle thyroid vein tumour thrombus in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Dr Josephine Kneebone (WA)

3:14 pm

Review of incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma recurrence rates and associated risk factors in Western Australia

Dr Alexandra Miller (WA)

3:19 pm

Intra-operative autofluorescence probe detection system of the parathyroid; early clinical experience in a low volume Australian institution

Dr Nathanael Leavy (QLD)

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