Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgery for indeterminate thyroid nodules (THYCOVID): a retrospective, international, multicentre, cross-sectional study.

Autor: Medas F; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Electronic address: fabiomedas@unica.it., Dobrinja C; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Trieste, Cattinara Teaching Hospital, Trieste, Italy., Al-Suhaimi EA; Biology Department, College of Science, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia., Altmeier J; Endocrine Surgery, Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany., Anajar S; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cheikh Khalifa International University Hospital, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco., Arikan AE; Department of General Surgery, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye., Azaryan I; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA., Bains L; Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India., Basili G; Azienda USL Toscana Nord-Ovest, UOSD Chirurgia della Tiroide, Toscana, Italy., Bolukbasi H; General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye., Bononi M; Dipartimento di Chirurgia Pietro Valdoni, Policlinico Umberto I Sapienza, Rome, Italy., Borumandi F; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester and Worthing Hospital, Worthing, UK., Bozan MB; General Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Türkiye., Brenta G; Endocrinology Department, Unidad Asistencial Dr César Milstein, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Brunaud L; Department of Surgery CVMC, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France., Brunner M; Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany., Buemi A; Department of Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium., Canu GL; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy., Cappellacci F; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy., Cartwright SB; Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA., Castells Fusté I; Endocrinology Department, Granollers General Hospital, Barcelona, Spain., Cavalheiro B; Departamento de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Hospital São Camilo Oncologia-Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Câncer, São Paulo, Brazil., Cavallaro G; Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Chala A; Head and Neck Department Oncologos del Occidente, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia., Chan SYB; Department of Surgery, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China., Chaplin J; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand., Cheema MS; CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan., Chiapponi C; Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Department of Endocrine Surgery, Evangelisches Klinikum Cologne Weyertal, Cologne, Germany., Chiofalo MG; Head and Neck Cancer Medical Oncology Department, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS Fondazione G Pascale, Napoli, Italy., Chrysos E; Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece., D'Amore A; Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Gastroenterologic, Endocrine-Metabolic and Nephro-Urologic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy., de Cillia M; Department of Surgery, Saint John of God Hospital, Salzburg, Austria., De Crea C; UOC Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy., de Manzini N; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Trieste, Cattinara Teaching Hospital, Trieste, Italy., de Matos LL; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., De Pasquale L; Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Unit-Otolaryngology Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy., Del Rio P; General Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy., Demarchi MS; Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland., Dhiwakar M; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, India., Donatini G; General and Endocrine Surgery, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France., Dora JM; Thyroid Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., D'Orazi V; Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Division of General Surgery-Section of Endocrine and Diabetic Foot Surgery, 'Fabia Mater' Hospital, Rome, Italy., Doulatram Gamgaram VK; Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain., Eismontas V; Department of Surgery, Klaipeda University Hospital, Klaipeda, Lithuania; Health Research and Innovation Science Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania., Kabiri EH; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco., El Malki HO; Surgery Department 'A', Ibn Sina Hospital, Medical School, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco., Elzahaby I; Surgical Oncology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt., Enciu O; Elias University Emergency Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania., Eskander A; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Feroci F; Department of Surgery, General Surgery Unit, S Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy., Figueroa-Bohorquez D; Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá DC, Colombia., Filis D; Department of Surgery, Saint Andrew Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece., François G; Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland., Frías-Fernández P; Surgical Oncology, Tula's General Hospital, Tula de Allende, Mexico., Gamboa-Dominguez A; Departamento de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico., Genc V; Department of Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey., Giordano D; Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Gómez-Pedraza A; National Cancer Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico., Graceffa G; Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy., Griffin J; Otolaryngology, Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore, Tullamore, Ireland., Guerreiro SC; Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Center of Central Lisbon, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal., Gupta K; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Medanta, Gurugram, India., Gupta KK; Department of ENT, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK., Gurrado A; Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy., Hajiioannou J; ENT Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece., Hakala T; Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland., Harahap WA; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, Indonesia., Hargitai L; Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Hartl D; Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Interventional Radiology, Head and Neck Oncology Service, Thyroid Surgery Unit, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France., Hellmann A; Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland., Hlozek J; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic., Hoang VT; Department of Radiology, Thien Hanh Hospital, Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam., Iacobone M; Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy., Innaro N; Unit of Endocrine Surgery, AOU Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy., Ioannidis O; Fourth Department of Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital 'Georgios Papanikolaou', Thessaloniki, Greece., Jang JHI; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Xavier-Junior JC; Surgical Pathology Department, Instituto de Patologia de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, Brazil., Jovanovic M; Clinic for Endocrine Surgery, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia., Kaderli RM; Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Kakamad F; Department of Scientific Affairs, Smart Health Tower, Sulaimani, Iraq., Kaliszewski K; Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Endocrine Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland., Karamanliev M; Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital 'Georgi Stranski', Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria., Katoh H; Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan., Košec A; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia., Kovacevic B; Institute of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Medical Military Academy, Belgrade, Serbia., Kowalski LP; Department of Head and Neck Surgry and Otorhinolaryngology, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil., Králik R; Department of Surgical Oncology, St Elisabeth Cancer Institute, Medical Faculty of Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia., Yadav SK; Department of Surgery, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur, India., Kumorová A; Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Central Military Hospital Ružomberok, Ružomberok, Slovakia., Lampridis S; Department of Thoracic Surgery, 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece., Lasithiotakis K; Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece., Leclere JC; Head and Neck Surgery, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France., Leong EKF; Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore., Leow MK; Department of Endocrinology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore., Lim JY; Department of Surgery and Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA., Lino-Silva LS; Oncology Center, Medica Sur Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico., Liu SYW; Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China., Llorach NP; Unit of Endocrine Surgery Head and Neck Parc Tauli, Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Spain., Lombardi CP; Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Gastroenterologic, Endocrine-Metabolic and Nephro-Urologic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy., López-Gómez J; Head and Neck Department, Hospital de Oncología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico., Lori E; Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Quintanilla-Dieck L; Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA., Lucchini R; Endocrine Surgery Unit, University of Perugia, Santa Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy., Madani A; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Manatakis D; Second Department of Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece., Markovic I; Clinic for Surgical Oncology, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia., Materazzi G; Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy., Mazeh H; Department of Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel., Mercante G; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy., Meyer-Rochow GY; Endocrine Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand., Mihaljevic O; Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia., Miller JA; The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Minuto M; Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy., Monacelli M; Thoracic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Mulita F; Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece., Mullineris B; Department of General, Emergency and New Technologies, University Hospital of Modena, Baggiovara Civil Hospital, Modena, Italy., Muñoz-de-Nova JL; Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain., Muradás Girardi F; Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital Ana Nery, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil., Nader S; Otolaryngology Department, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran., Napadon T; Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Nastos C; Third Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece., Offi C; Department of Endocrine and Ultrasound-Guided Surgery, Ospedale del Mare, ASl Napoli 1 Centro, Naples, Italy., Ronen O; Galilee Medical Center, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel., Oragano L; ASL VCO, Ospedale San Biagio, Domodossola, Italy., Orois A; Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain., Pan Y; Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China., Panagiotidis E; Department of Nuclear Medicine/PET CT, Theageneio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece., Panchangam RB; Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Bhargav Endocrine Hospital, Vijayawada, India., Papavramidis T; First Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece., Parida PK; Department of ENT-Head and Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India., Paspala A; Department of Surgery, Eugenideio Hospital, Athens, Greece., Pérez ÒV; General Surgery Department, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Petrovic S; Surgery Bitenc, Ljubljana, Slovenia., Raffaelli M; UOC Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Ramacciotti CF; Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina., Ratia Gimenez T; General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain., Rivo Vázquez Á; Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain., Roh JL; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea., Rossi L; Endocrine Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy., Sanabria A; Department of Surgery, Universidad de Antioquia, CEXCA Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello, Medellín, Colombia., Santeerapharp A; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand., Semenov A; Endocrine Surgery Department, Saint Petersburg State University Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia., Seneviratne S; Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Serdar A; Department of Endocrin Pathology Unit, University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Bakırköy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Sheahan P; South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland., Sheppard SC; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Nîmes, Nîmes, France., Slotcavage RL; Department of Surgery and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA., Smaxwil C; Endocrine Surgery, Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany., Kim SY; Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea., Sorrenti S; Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Spartalis E; Department of Thyroid Surgery, REA Hospital, Athens, Greece., Sriphrapradang C; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand., Testini M; Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy., Turk Y; Division of Endocrine Surgery, General Surgery Department, Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey., Tzikos G; First Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece., Vabalayte K; Endocrine Surgery Department, Saint Petersburg State University Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia., Vargas-Osorio K; Clinical University Hospital Santiago de Compostela University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain., Vázquez Rentería RS; Departamento de Cabeza y Cuello, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico., Velázquez-Fernández D; Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, National Institute for Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico., Vithana SMP; Department of Surgery, National Hospital Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka., Yücel L; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Yulian ED; Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia., Zahradnikova P; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty of Comenius University, National Institute of Children's Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia., Zarogoulidis P; Third Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece., Ziablitskaia E; Central Research Laboratory, Clinical Medical Multidisciplinary Center of St Luke VI Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia., Zolotoukho A; Endocrine Surgery Department, Saint Petersburg State University Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia., Calò PG; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Publikováno v: The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology [Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol] 2023 Jun; Vol. 11 (6), pp. 402-413. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 28.