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cord-344004-z7pn7u6u	Shaha, Ashok R.	Thyroid surgery during COVID‐19 pandemic: Principles and philosophies	2020-04-27		.txt	text/plain	2053	113	54	Even though, there are no set guidelines in the management of patients asking for thyroid surgery it would be appropriate to manage these patients based on the risk group analysis and the overall risks of progression to life-threatening issues. Obviously, testing the patient for COVID-19 is important since patient may require either active airway intervention or hospitalization with concern of exposing health care workers. • Medullary thyroid cancer-appropriate evaluation of extent of the disease with calcitonin, CEA, ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging is very important before consideration of timely surgical intervention. • Low and intermediate risk thyroid carcinomas-these patients can wait for surgery for a period of time (3-6 months) until we have a better handle on COVID-19, and they are not a risk to the health care workers. However, until then, it is our responsibility to manage our patients best, give them a full sense of confidence, and avoid major progression of their tumors and life-threatening issues.	./cache/cord-344004-z7pn7u6u.txt	./txt/cord-344004-z7pn7u6u.txt