Acıbadem Sistina Hospital has opened the first Thyroid Center in the country providing complete diagnostics, treatment and monitoring of all thyroid diseases in adults and children. A multidisciplinary team of specialists in nuclear medicine, thoracic surgery, radiology, pathology, pediatrics and endocrinology operates within the Center to provide patients with comprehensive care for all thyroid problems.

A special accent in the Center operations is placed on early detection of possible congenital thyroid disorders in newborns through ultrasound screening that will be included in the delivery packages as a free examination for all newborns born at "Acıbadem Sistina".

"The establishment of the Thyroid Center is a significant step towards providing supreme, integrated and precise medical care for our patients. The main purpose of this Center is to enable patients to undergo a specialist examination, ultrasound imaging, laboratory tests, scaning, performing biopsy and other necessary requests in just one day, at one place, without necessity for additional consultations and referrals to other institutions. If necessary, patients immediately obtain an appointment and plan for further treatment, such as surgery or radioiodine therapy, constantly available at the hospital", said Biljana Crcareva, MD, MSc, a nuclear medicine specialist at Acibadem Sistina.

Acibadem Sistina Hospital, supported by its proven and experienced team of thoracic surgeons, performs over 100 surgical interventions on the thyroid gland annually, more than half of which are cancers. Experience so far indicates that timely diagnosis is particularly important for a successful outcome. Thus, the establishment of an integrated center facilitates the work of surgeons, who are in close cooperation with the specialties that manage the patient on a daily basis and jointly make decisions about what type of treatment will be carried out. Additional safety and security for patients results from the fact that all thyroid surgeries at “Acibadem Sistina” are performed with the support of a neuromonitoring system that increases the safety of the surgical procedure and minimizes the risk of possible complications.

"The intraoperative neuromonitoring that we apply in cooperation with the neurological team has a significant advantage over the conventional visual identification of the nerves in the thyroid gland region. It is a safe technique that gives us the opportunity to monitor the function and integrity of the nerves in real time during the surgical intervention, which significantly reduces the risk of their damage, especially the nerve responsible for voice and speech", said Dragan Smilevski, MD, a specialist in thoracic surgery.

With the opening of the Thyroid Center, the hospital sets new standards in the treatment of thyroid pathology and positions itself as a reference center in the region for the most complex cases in children and adults.