The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Thyroid Surgery in Italy: Results From a Nation-wide Multicentric Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 3,800
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Quantify the overall reduction of surgical activity for thyroid disease
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients that had undergone thyroidectomy during COVID-19 pandemic (from the 9th March to the 31st August 2020), defined as case group, or during the same period of the previous year (from the 9th Match to the 31st August 2019), defined as control group.
排除标准
- •incomplete data
结局指标
主要结局
Quantify the overall reduction of surgical activity for thyroid disease
时间窗: 1 year
次要结局
- Quantify the number of aggressive tumors operated during COVID-19 pandemic and the same period of the previous year(1 year)
- 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)
研究者
Fabio Medas
Assistant Professor
University of Cagliari