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Join our next thyroid ablation training, in partnership with MITT.
february 6 – 7, 2025
Palais de l’Europe, Menton, France
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr. Giovanni Mauri
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Stefano Spiezia
Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Stella Bernardi
Trieste, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Edouard Ghanassia
Sete, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Hervé Monpeyssen
Paris, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Enrico Papini
Albano Laziale, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Luca Sconfienza
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Luigi Solbiati
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹FACULTY
Dr. Giovanni Antonelli
Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Stella Bernardi
Trieste, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Izabella Costa Santos
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
Dr. Pál Ákos Deák
Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
Dr. Maurilio Deandrea
Turin, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Andrea Frasoldati
Reggio Emilia, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Edouard Ghanassia
Sete, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Estelle Haddad
Nice, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Pauline Juttet
Lyon-Villeurbanne, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Miriam Ladsous
Lille, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Alexandre Lemaitre
Sete, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Jean-Guillaume Marchand
Paris, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Pierre-Yves Marcy
Ollioules, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Giovanni Mauri
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Claudia Misso
Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Hervè Monpeyssen
Paris, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Salvatore Monti
Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Arnaud Muller
Lyon, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Roberto Novizio
Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Giampaolo Papi
Carpi, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Enrico Papini
Albano Laziale, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Marine Peria
Armiens, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Sylvain Poirée
Paris, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Gilles Russ
Paris, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Luca Maria Sconfienza
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Eveline Therese Slotema
Marseille, France 🇫🇷
Dr. Luigi Solbiati
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Stefano Spiezia
Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Lorena Savluk
Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷
Dr. Chytiris Spyridon
Pavia, Italy 🇮🇹
Dr. Pierluigi Glielmo
Milan, Italy 🇮🇹SPONSORED BY
EUROPEAN GROUP ON MINIMALLY-INVASIVE THYROID TREATMENTS (MITT GROUP)
Aim of the association
History of the MITT group
On 1 st February 2018 in Milan, Italy, the “Italian Research Group for Minimally Invasive Procedures”, also called “Italian Minimally-Invasive Treatments of the Thyroid group” or “Italian MITT group” was founded by five founding members, Giovanni Mauri, Enrico Papini, Luigi Alessandro Solbiati, and Luca Maria Sconfienza.
AGENDA
Location: Palais de l’Europe, Menton, France
DAY 1
6
Thursday
February, 2025
HALL 2
PRE-CONGRESS COURSE
Advanced Ultrasound Course
FROM NODULE SELECTION TO INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES VIA PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION
Smaill Groups (Participants will be divided into small groups, reproducing the expert approach with dedicated proctors)
08.00-08.30
Registration
08.45-09.00
Introduction to the course and pre-test
Edouard Ghanassia, Enrico Papini
Edouard Ghanassia, Enrico Papini
09.00-10.00
Revisiting the ultrasound (US) workup for thyroid nodules candidate to MITT (Hands-on)
10.00-11.00
Clinical cases: is this patient eligible for MITT?
(Clinical vignettes and interactive quiz)
11.00-12.30
PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION
Hall Theatre
13.00-13.45
Registration to the EURO MITT meeting 2025
13.45-14.00
WELCOME SESSION
– Chairperson: Edouard Ghanassia, Giovanni Mauri
– Welcome in Menton
SESSION 1: BEFORE the procedure
Chairpersons: Maurilio Deandrea, Edouard Ghanassia
1.1 Before the procedure: nodule and patient selection – approaching the “zero risk”
14.00-14.30
The nodule diagnosis issues
Jean-Guillaume Marchand, Edouard Ghanassia
Jean-Guillaume Marchand, Edouard Ghanassia
14.30-14.45
Discussion
14.45-14.55
Current indication benign disease
Enrico Papini
14.55-15.05
Current indication malignant disease
Giovanni Mauri
Giovanni Mauri
15.05-15.20
Discussion
1.2 Before the procedure: the techniques
15.20-15.30
RFA in 2025
Pál Ákos Deák
Pál Ákos Deák
15.30-15.40
Laser in 2025
Edouard Ghanassia
Edouard Ghanassia
15.40-15.50
MWA in 2025
Stefano Spiezia
Stefano Spiezia
15.50-16.00
nsPFA in 2025
Claudia Misso
Claudia Misso
16.00-16.20
Discussion
16.25-16.55
Break
SESSION 2: DURING the procedure
Chairpersons: Giovanni Mauri, Giovanni Antonelli
Room setting and patient management through clinical cases
16.55-17.15
Case 1: Preprocedural workup is NOT an option
Hervè Monpeyssen
Hervè Monpeyssen
17.15-17.35
Case 2: Anesthesia: from local infiltration and regional nerve block to musicare and hypnosis
Alexandre Lemaitre
Alexandre Lemaitre
17.35-17.55
Case 3: RFA 1 – how I do it
Edouard Ghanassia
Edouard Ghanassia
17.55-18.15
Case 4: RFA 2 – how I do it
Giovanni Mauri, Pierluigi Glielmo
Giovanni Mauri, Pierluigi Glielmo
18.15-18.35
Case 5: Laser – How I Do It
Giampaolo Papi
Giampaolo Papi
18.35-18.55
Case 6: MWA – How I Do It
Chytiris Spyridon
Chytiris Spyridon
18.55-19.15
Case 7: Large nodules – how i do it
Salvatore Monti
Salvatore Monti
DAY 2
7
Friday
February, 2025
Hall Theatre
SESSION 3: Somewhere BETWEEN procedures and literature
Chairpersons: Stella Bernardi, Luigi Solbiati
3.1 Updates
08.00-08.10
Latest results in BTN: is everything settled?
Izabella Costa Santos
Izabella Costa Santos
08.10-08.20
Discussion
08.20-08.30
Latest results in PTMC: how far are we?
Enrico Papini
Enrico Papini
08.30-08.40
Discussion
08.40-08.50
Recurrent and metastatic thyroid tumors
Giovanni Mauri
Giovanni Mauri
08.50-09.00
Discussion
3.2 Hot topics
09.00-09.10
Parathyroid ablation
Pál Ákos Deák
Pál Ákos Deák
09.10-09.20
Discussion
09.20-09.30
AFTN: When and How?
Arnaud Muller
Arnaud Muller
09.30-09.40
Discussion
09.40-09.50
The Cost Balance: MIT vs Surgery
Roberto Novizio
Roberto Novizio
09.50-10.00
Discussion
10.00-10.30
Break
SESSION 4: AFTER the procedure
Chairpersons: Lorena Savluk, Andrea Frasoldati
4.1 Post-procedure evaluation
10.30-10.40
Clinical and US post-treatment evaluation: modalities and standardized report
Gilles Russ
Gilles Russ
10.40-10.50
Discussion
10.50-11.00
The use of 3D US for post-treatment evaluation
Giampaolo Papi
Giampaolo Papi
11.00-11.10
Discussion
11.10-11.20
Complications: management of pain, voice changes, local bleeding and nodular rupture
Pierre-Yves Marcy
Pierre-Yves Marcy
11.20-11.30
Discussion
4.2 The universe of relapse, regrowth and retreatment
11.30-11.40
Relapse, regrowth, retreatment: risk factors and prediction
Stella Bernardi
Stella Bernardi
11.40-11.50
Discussion
11.50-12.00
Relapse, regrowth, retreatment: practical management – curative and preventive strategies
Maurilio Deandrea
Maurilio Deandrea
12.00-12.10
Discussion
12.10-13.15
Closing the meeting with our partners and perspectives
12.30-13.00
INDUSTRY FOCUS
13.00-13.15
Presentation of EURO-MITT and perspectives
Edouard Ghanassia, Giovanni Mauri
Edouard Ghanassia, Giovanni Mauri
HANDS-ON COURSE
PARALLEL SESSION
DAY 1
6
Thursday
February, 2025
HALL 2
Participants will have the opportunity to perform ablation on dedicated phantoms with different ablation systems on various stations
14.00-16.30
Hands on course 1
Thermal ablation
20 participants
DAY 2
7
Friday
February, 2025
Hall Theatre
Participants will have the opportunity to perform ablation on dedicated phantoms with different ablation systems on various stations
08.00-10.30
Hands on course 2
Thermal ablation
20 participants
14.00-17.30
Hands on course 3
Thermal ablation
35 participants
REGISTRATION
The Meeting is reserved for 150 Participants| REGISTRATION TO THE MEETING | Early Registration Discount until December 31, 2024 | Regular Registration January 1, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Non Member | € 325,00 | € 425,00 |
| HANDS-ON Registration is only possible in combination with meeting registration | Early Registration Discount until December 31, 2024 | Regular Registration January 1, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Ultrasound Pre-Course | € 45,00 | € 45,00 |
| HAND-ON Course on Thermal Ablation | € 45,00 | € 45,00 |
❚ Special Notes
Early Registration
February 6 – 7
The Meeting
Early Price
€325 EURO
Regular Price
€425 EURO
Discount until December 31, 2024
ONLY FOR THE MEETING
Discussion: RFA, MWA, Ethanol Ablation, HIFU, Laser Ablation, and Chemical Ablation.
REGISTER TODAY
Limited to 150 attendees
Early Registration
February 6 – 7
Hands-On
Early Price
€45 EURO
Regular Price
€50 EURO
Discount until December 31, 2024
Hands-On Session is available only
to registrants of “The Meeting”
to registrants of “The Meeting”
Ultrasound Pre-Course
HANDS-ON Course on Thermal Ablation
REGISTER TODAY
Limited to 150 attendees
VENUE
Palais de l’Europe
8 Av. Boyer 06500 Menton, France
8 Av. Boyer 06500 Menton, France
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