Consensus Statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) and the American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section (AHNS) on Pediatric Benign and Malignant Thyroid Surgery

ObjectivesTo provide a clinical disease state review of recent relevant literature and to generate expert consensus statements regarding the breadth pediatric thyroid cancer diagnosis care, with an emphasis on surgery. To educate practitioners state-of-the-art practices value surgical experience in management this unusual challenging children.MethodsA search was conducted were constructed subjected modified Delphi process measure author panel. The wording statements, voting tabulation, statistical analysis overseen by (J.J.S.).ResultsTwenty-five created strength All reached level consensus, majority highest consensus.ConclusionPediatric has many unique nuances, such as bulky cervical adenopathy presentation, increased incidence diffuse sclerosing variant, longer potential lifespan endure complications from treatment. Complications can be burden parents patients alike. We suggest that optimal outcomes decreased morbidity will come use advanced imaging, diagnostic testing, neural monitoring treated at high-volume centers surgeons.