Endocrine surgery during and after the COVID-19 epidemic: Expert guidelines from AFCE

G Baud; L Brunaud; J-C Lifante; C Tresallet; F Sebag; J-P Bizard; M Mathonnet; F Menegaux; R Caiazzo; E Mirallié; F Pattou; AFCE COVID Study Group

doi:10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2020.04.018

Endocrine surgery during and after the COVID-19 epidemic: Expert guidelines from AFCE

J Visc Surg. 2020 Jun;157(3S1):S43-S49. doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2020.04.018. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Authors

G Baud¹, L Brunaud², J-C Lifante³, C Tresallet⁴, F Sebag⁵, J-P Bizard⁶, M Mathonnet⁷, F Menegaux⁸, R Caiazzo¹, E Mirallié⁹, F Pattou¹⁰; AFCE COVID Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Chirurgie générale et endocrinienne, CHU de Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
² Chirurgie viscérale, métabolique et cancérologique (CVMC), CHRU de Nancy, 54511 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
³ Chirurgie digestive, oncologique et endocrinienne, CHU de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France.
⁴ Chirurgie viscérale et digestive, AP-HP, hôpital Avicenne, 93000 Bobigny, France.
⁵ Chirurgie générale et endocrinienne, AP-HM, La Conception, 13005 Marseille, France.
⁶ Chirurgie endocrinienne et viscérale, hôpital privé Arras-les-Bonnettes, 62000 Arras, France.
⁷ Chirurgie digestive et endocrinienne, CHU de Limoges, 87000 Limoges, France.
⁸ Chirurgie générale digestive et endocrinienne, AP-HP, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne université, 75013 Paris, France.
⁹ Chirurgie cancérologique, digestive et endocrinienne (CCDE), CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France.
¹⁰ Chirurgie générale et endocrinienne, CHU de Lille, 59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: fpattou@univ-lille2.fr.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic commands a major reorganisation of the entire French healthcare system. In France, general rules have been issued nationally and implemented by each healthcare centre, both public and private, throughout France. Guidelines drafted by an expert group led by the French-speaking Association of Endocrine Surgery (AFCE) propose specific surgical management principles for thyroid, parathyroid, endocrine pancreas and adrenal surgery during and after the COVID-19 epidemic.

Keywords: Adrenal; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Endocrine surgery; Neuroendocrine tumour; Parathyroid; Thyroid.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Decision Trees
Endocrine Surgical Procedures*
Endocrine System Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*