Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on thyroidectomy for malignant diseases in high-volume referral centers.

Marco RaffaelliLuca SessaCarmela De CreaMilena Pia CerviereGiuseppe MarincolaFrancesca ZottaCarlo Enrico AmbrosiniBenard GjeloshiLuigi De NapoliLeonardo RossiRossella EliseiAlfredo PontecorviFulvio BasoloEsther Diana RossiRocco BellantoneGabriele Materazzi

Published in: Updates in surgery (2024)

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly decreased the overall number of thyroidectomies but did not affect the number of operations for TCa. Optimization of management protocols, due to limited resource availability for non-COVID patients, positively impacted the complication rate and hospital stay.

Keyphrases

sars cov
primary care
healthcare
acute care
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node metastasis