Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020;75:e2218.
Parathyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Time to think about the “New Normal”
Fábio Luiz de Menezes Montenegro
, Marília D’Elboux Guimarães Brescia
, Sergio Samir Arap
, Marco Aurélio Valmondes Kulcsar
, Marcos Roberto Tavares
, Luiz Paulo Kowalski
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e2218
International recommendations for parathyroid surgery during the initial response to COVID-19
The Society of Surgical Oncology issued a statement with some recommendations for endocrine surgery on March 30, 2020 (). This statement endorsed the opinion of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons for parathyroid surgery. Parathyroidectomy was recommended only for life-threatening hypercalcemia that could not be controlled by medical treatment ().
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Parathyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Time to think about the “New Normal”
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