BAETS 2026
46th Annual Scientific Meeting
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the details of the program.
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS - Department of Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital, Kopernika 50 Street, Cracow (Separate registration for workshops required)
Chairs: Marcin Barczyński (Krakow, PL), Aleksander Konturek (Krakow, PL), Tom Kurzawinski (London, UK)
- Thyroid surgery with NerveTrend / NerveAssure IONM, PTeye, Ligsure Exact (Medtronic),
- Parathyroid surgery with PTeye (Medtronic) and IOPTH (NBCL)
Max. 30 participants
Max. 30 participants
Fiona Eatock, President BAETS
Marcin Barczyński, President PCES
- Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (15 min)
- Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (15 min)
- Surgery for low-risk DTC (15 min)
- Management of intermediate-risk DTC (15 min)
- Management of advanced DTC (15 min)
- How to assess risk of malignancy? (15 min)
- How to define and manage mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS)? (15 min)
- Who should have surgical treatment and how should it be performed? (15 min)
- What follow-up is indicated if the adrenal incidentaloma is not surgically removed? (15 min)
- Diagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism – Redefining Biochemical and Clinical Boundaries (10 min)
- Preoperative localization in PHPT (10 min)
- Surgical Management – Who Should Be Operated and When? (10 min)
- Non-Surgical Management – Medical Therapy vs Thermal Ablation vs Active Surveillance (10 min)
- Long-Term Outcomes – What Do We Know and What Remains Unclear? (10 min)
- Discussion (10 min)
Quan Yang-Duh (San Francisco, USA)
Introduction: Marcin Barczynski (Kraków, PL)
- Case 1: Tba (PL)
- Case 2: Tba (UK)
- Case 3: Tba (PL)
- Case 4: Tba (UK)
- Artificial Intelligence in Endocrine Surgery: From Decision Support to Autonomous Systems (12 min)
- High‑resolution 3D visualization of endocrine organs with emphasis on thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal tumors—a new platform for medical education, mixed/virtual reality, and computational simulation (12min)
- Simulation-Based Training in Endocrine Surgery: Current Standards and Future Directions (12 min)
- Educational Strategies for TOETVA and Robotic Thyroidectomy: Building Competence in Novel Approaches (12 min)
- Discussion (12 min)
Fiona Eatock, President BAETS
Marcin Barczyński, President PCES
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EVENT VENUE
Conference will take place at CKF13 Centrum Konferencyjne in Cracow.
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