Roberto Valcavi

TL;DR: These guidelines are a working document that reflects the state of the field at the time of publication and any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances.

TL;DR: The present document updates previous guidelines released in 2006 and 2010 and states that percutaneous ethanol injection should be the first-line treatment option for relapsing, benign cystic lesions, while US-guided thermal ablation treatments may be considered for solid or mixed symptomatic benign thyroid nodules.

TL;DR: These guidelines are thorough and practical, and they offer reasoned and balanced recommendations based on the best available evidence to clinical endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, pediatricians, and internists whose practices include management of patients with thyroid disorders.

TL;DR: These guidelines are a working document that reflects the state of the field at the time of publication and any decision by practitioners to apply these guidelines must be made in light of local resources and individual patient circumstances.

TL;DR: The increased rates of transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism in the series suggest a critical review of indications for the routine use of prophylactic CND for PTC and suggests that ipsilateral CND ipsilaterally to the tumor associated with total thyroidectomy may represent an effective strategy for reducing the rate of permanent Hypoparathiroidism.