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The THYCOVIT (Thyroid Surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy) study: results from a nationwide, multicentric, case-controlled study

2021; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 73; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s13304-021-01051-1

2038-3312

Fabio Medas, Gian Luca Ansaldo, Nicola Avenia, G Basili, Marco Boniardi, Marco Bononi, Aldo Bove, Paolo Carcoforo, Andrea Casaril, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Maria Grazia Chiofalo, Giovanni Conzo, Loredana De Pasquale, Paolo Del Rio, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Chiara Dobrinja, Giovanni Docimo, Giuseppa Graceffa, Maurizio Iacobone, Nadia Innaro, Celestino Pio Lombardi, N Palestini, Francesco Pedicini, Giuliano Perigli, Angela Pezzolla, Grégorio Scerrino, Stefano Spiezia, Mario Testini, Pietro Giorgio Calò, Giacomo Anedda, Giovanni Antonelli, Giulia Arrigoni, Benedetta Badii, Elena Bonati, Antonio Mario Bulfamante, Vincenzo Candalise, Angelo Cangiano, Gian Luigi Canu, Federico Cappellacci, Alessandra Caracciolo, Ettore Caruso, D’Amore Annamaria, Eric Casal Ide, Ambra Chiappini, Calogero Cipolla, Luciana Costigliola, Federico Cozzani, Anna Crocco, Daniele Crocetti, Nicolò de Manzini, Adele Di Gioia, Velia Di Resta, Rita Eramo, Enrico Erdas, Silvia Ferriolo, Marco Filardo, Marcello Filograna Pignatelli, Rita Gervasi, Francesco Giudici, Luca Gordini, Angela Gurrado, Harmony Impellizzeri, Marco Inama, Margherita Koleva Radica, Rita Laforgia, Serafina Lattarulo, Tommaso Loderer, Roberto G. Lucchini, Federico Mascioli, Rosa Marcellinaro, Rosa Menditto, Giuseppina Melfa, Michele Minuto, Claudia Misso, Chiara Offi, Giuseppina Orlando, Paolo Ossola, C Pagetta, Alessandro Pasculli, Renato Patrone, I Pauna, Francesca Pennetti Pennella, D Pietrasanta, Antonella Pino, Vito Leonardo Pinto, Stefano Piras, Andrea Polistena, Mattia Portinari, Simona Reina, G Rotolo, Giulia Russo, Emilio Scalise, Lucia Ilaria Sgaramella, Maria Grazia Sibilla, S. Spinelli, Domenico Spoletini, Lucia Stella Curto, Martina Tascone, Francesca Torresan, Emanuela Varaldo, Elena Viviani, Annalisa Zucca,

Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

Abstract The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a disruption of surgical care. The aim of this multi-centric, retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on surgical activity for thyroid disease among the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery. Three phases of the pandemic were identified based on the epidemiological situation and the public measures adopted from the Italian Government (1st phase: from 9th March to 3rd May 2020; 2nd phase: from 4th May to 14th June; 3rd phase: from 15th June to 31st). The patients operated upon during these phases were compared to those who underwent surgery during the same period of the previous year. Overall, 3892 patients from 28 Italian endocrine surgical units were included in the study, 1478 (38%) operated upon during COVID-19 pandemic, and 2414 (62%) during the corresponding period of 2019. The decrease in the number of operations was by 64.8%, 44.7% and 5.1% during the three phases of COVID-19 pandemic, compared to 2019, respectively. During the first and the second phases, the surgical activity was dedicated mainly to oncological patients. No differences in post-operative complications were noted between the two periods. Oncological activity for thyroid cancer was adequately maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic.