title: [Diagnostic, therapeutic and healtcare management protocols in thyroid surgery. I consensus conference (UEC club)].
abstract: The aim of the study was to draw up a management protocol in thyroid surgery promoted by the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (Club delle UEC), shared by the experts and applied by the operators in the sector. The management protocols already presented in February 2002 and drawn up by the first Author of the present publication on the occasion of the current review were examined by the I Consensus Conference called on the topic by the Italian Endocrine Surgery Units. The conference comprised two distinct sessions, the first on 18 June 2005 within the framework of the 4th National Congress of the Club delle UEC in Naples, and the second on 17 September 2005 within the framework of the 8th Multidisciplinary Scanno Prize Meeting. A selected board of endocrinologists and endocrine surgeons, chaired by Aldo Pinchera and comprising the first nine Authors of this paper, examined the individual chapters in close collaboration with the other Authors, comparing their findings with the opinions of the experts cited in the text and submitting the consensus text for the approval of all those present. The diagnostic, therapeutic and healtcare management protocols in thyroid surgery approved by the I Consensus Conference are officially those proposed by the Italian Association of Endocrine Surgery Units (Club delle UEC) and are subject to review by October 1, 2007.
authors.affiliation: S.C. di Chirurgia, UEC, Ospedale di Ivrea.
authors.forename: Lodovico
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosato
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinchera
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellastella
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Antoni
authors.forename: Enio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miccoli
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pontecorvi
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torre
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vitti
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pelizzo
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Avenia
authors.forename: Pier Giorgio
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nasi
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellantone
authors.forename: Rinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lampugnani
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Palma
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pezzullo
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ardito
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Toma
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy