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1-Year of COVID-19 pandemic

dc.contributor.authorNeiva-Sousa, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorMateus, Cátia
dc.contributor.authorDe Oliveira, Pedro Gomes
dc.contributor.authorBouca, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorDa Silva, Luis Nunes
dc.contributor.authorValejo-Coelho, Paulo
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
dc.contributor.pblEdiciones Ergon SA
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T22:23:19Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T22:23:19Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing policies were enacted worldwide, including by the Portuguese official authorities. However, the impact of these measures on maxillofacial trauma and fracture surgical repair remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the incidence and aetiology of facial fractures submitted to surgical repair during 1-year of COVID-19 pandemic versus the previous 4 years, in a level III Trauma Centre located in Lisbon, Portugal. Materials and methods: All emergency episodes registered in our hospital between March 2016 and February 2021 that resulted in patient admittance for surgical treatment of facial fracture were included. Comparative analysis was performed for variables such as fracture type and aetiology. Results: Analysis showed that surgeries performed during the 1st year of COVID-19 were reduced by 37.5 %. Considering only the 75-day lockdown period at the beginning of the pandemic, reduction was even more pronounced and reached-66.7 %. Significant differences in the aetiology were also found, with physical assault and sport accidents relative frequency decreasing. Moreover, despite being systematically the second most common cause of fracture, during lockdown, fall ranked first, over physical assault. The relative frequency of nasal fractures, the most common facial fracture treated in our hospital, decreased during both the 1st year of COVID-19 and the lockdown period, while mandible fractures ranked first during lockdown. Conclusions: Our study shows that COVID-19 pandemic and enacted policies have significantly changed the epidemiology of maxillofacial trauma.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent6
dc.format.extent601901
dc.identifier.doi10.20986/recom.2022.1346/2022
dc.identifier.issn2386-401X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 45174482
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: d094108d-9905-482b-ab56-17dcf6465a86
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85130682526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/143907
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85130682526
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.subjectfacial fracture
dc.subjectlockdown.
dc.subjectMaxillofacial trauma
dc.subjectSurgery
dc.subjectOral Surgery
dc.subjectOtorhinolaryngology
dc.title1-Year of COVID-19 pandemicen
dc.title.subtitleChanges in the epidemiology of maxillofacial traumaen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.firstPage3
degois.publication.issue1
degois.publication.lastPage8
degois.publication.titleRevista Espanola de Cirugia Oral y Maxilofacial
degois.publication.volume44
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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