Less Urgent – Consider Postpone 30–90 days
We identified benign thyroid surgery, including goiter without
airway/respiratory symptoms, benign thyroid nodules, and thyroiditis as
less urgent with consideration to postpone for 30–90 days.
Additionally, revision PTC surgery with documented stable or slow rate
of progression is reasonable to postpone. Parathyroidectomy with stable
renal function, benign salivary lesions, and low-risk non-melanoma skin
cancers where cosmetic impact and morbidity is likely low with further
growth should also be postponed. Recently published National
Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines on the management of
cutaneous melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic recommend delaying wide
local excision of melanoma up to 1 mm thickness for up to 3 months as
long as the biopsy removed a majority of the lesion.42These cases should be reassessed and rescheduled once the pandemic
appears to be resolving.