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Epidemiological Changes in Orofacial Trauma between the Pre-Covid and COVID Periods: A Spanish Multicentre Comparative Study of Tertiary Referral Hospitals

Angela Sada-Urmeneta
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Jose-Ignacio Salmeron-Escobar
,
Carlos Navarro-Cuéllar
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Eduardo Olavarria
,
Gregorio Sanchez-Aniceto
,
Sonia Herrero-Alvarez
,
Oscar De la Sen-Corcuera
,
Anna-Maria Simon-Flores
,
Fernando Almeida
,
Iñigo Aragon-Niño
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Jose-Luis Del Castillo
,
Dafne Gascon
,
Marc Agea
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Manuel Tousidonis
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Version 1 : Received: 6 June 2023 / Approved: 7 June 2023 / Online: 7 June 2023 (03:35:10 CEST)

How to cite: Sada-Urmeneta, A.; Salmeron-Escobar, J.; Navarro-Cuéllar, C.; Olavarria, E.; Sanchez-Aniceto, G.; Herrero-Alvarez, S.; De la Sen-Corcuera, O.; Simon-Flores, A.; Almeida, F.; Aragon-Niño, I.; Del Castillo, J.; Gascon, D.; Agea, M.; Tousidonis, M. Epidemiological Changes in Orofacial Trauma between the Pre-Covid and COVID Periods: A Spanish Multicentre Comparative Study of Tertiary Referral Hospitals. Preprints 2023, 2023060477. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0477.v1 Sada-Urmeneta, A.; Salmeron-Escobar, J.; Navarro-Cuéllar, C.; Olavarria, E.; Sanchez-Aniceto, G.; Herrero-Alvarez, S.; De la Sen-Corcuera, O.; Simon-Flores, A.; Almeida, F.; Aragon-Niño, I.; Del Castillo, J.; Gascon, D.; Agea, M.; Tousidonis, M. Epidemiological Changes in Orofacial Trauma between the Pre-Covid and COVID Periods: A Spanish Multicentre Comparative Study of Tertiary Referral Hospitals. Preprints 2023, 2023060477. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0477.v1

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has produced a change in the way of living, socializing and a modification in Health Systems around the world. A multicentre retrospective study was carried out to study orofacial trauma in one of the regions most affected during the first wave of the pandemic, with the participation of the five main tertiary hospitals in Madrid. The aim of this study is to evaluate the epidemiology of orofacial surgical trauma during the 1 year of COVID pandemic and compared to de prior year. Age, sex, mechanism, localization, and treatment were studied. P-value <0.05 was considered statically significative. Reduction of 39.36% (<0.001) in maxillofacial fractures was observed, without significance change in sex, localization or treatment. Significant increase in age (35,92 vs. 40,26) (p = 0.006) was observed. Significant decline in mechanism was noted (p = 0.025), decreasing personal violence (41% vs 35%) and sports (14% vs 8%); increasing in falls (27% vs 35%), precipitation (2 vs 5%), and traffic accidents (12% vs 13%). The mandible was the most frequent fractured bone. The COVID pandemic has produced epidemiological variations in orofacial trauma, making it necessary to monitor social and legal changes that may require reorganization to adjust to population needs.

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; orofacial trauma; maxillofacial trauma; epidemiology; public health

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Surgery

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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