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Italy has been on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the need to focus resources to deal with the pandemic led to a disruption of routine surgical care, as well as activity for oncologic and chronic disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical activity of the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery belonging to the SIUEC (Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery), the most important national scientific society of endocrine surgery.The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical activity of the Italian Units of Endocrine Surgery belonging to the SIUEC (Italian Society of Endocrine Surgery), the most important national scientific society of endocrine surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group 1 - COVID group | Patients that underwent surgery during COVID-19 pandemic |
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| Group 2 - control group | Patients that underwent surgery during 2019 |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Thyroidectomy | Procedure | Thyroidectomy |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quantify the overall reduction of surgical activity for thyroid disease | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quantify if the number of thyroid cancers operated during COVID-19 pandemic was significant different from the number of patients operated during the same period of the previous year | 1 year | |
| Quantify the number of aggressive tumors operated during COVID-19 pandemic and the same period of the previous year |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients with thyroid disease
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| AOU Cagliari | Cagliari | CA | 09100 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013959 | Thyroid Diseases |
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| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013965 | Thyroidectomy |
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| D013507 | Endocrine Surgical Procedures |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
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Comparison between the number of patients operated during COVID-19 pandemic with aggressive thyroid carcinoma (with lymph node metastasis, and/or extrathyroidal extension, and/or multifocality) with patients with aggressive thyroid carcinoma operated during the same period of the previous year
| 1 year |