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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas

On-line version ISSN 1561-3011

Abstract

CORRALES REYES, Ibraín Enrique; NUNEZ BLANCO, Alejandro Ernesto  and  MORALES NAVARRO, Denia. Impact of the COVID-19 on the epidemiology of maxillofacial fractures surgically treated in a Cuban university hospital. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2023, vol.42  Epub May 10, 2023. ISSN 1561-3011.

Introduction:

COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on people’s behavior.

Aim:

To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 on the epidemiology of maxillofacial fractures surgically treated in a Cuban university hospital.

Methods:

This research involved a 4-year descriptive, comparative, retrospective and cross-sectional study. Patients surgically treated between March 1 and December 31, 2020 (COVID-19 period) were compared with those who had undergone surgery between the same date in the years 2017-2019 (non-pandemic period). Age, sex, residence, year, month, alcohol consumption at the time of trauma, etiology, fractures types, and number of fractures per patient were recorded.

Results:

A decline in patients with maxillofacial fractures in 2020 (n=25) was observed when compared to equivalent periods in the three previous years (2017: n=37; 2018: n=31; 2019: n=41), respectively, with an annual average reduction of 31.19 %. Interpersonal violence was found to be the paramount etiological factor for maxillofacial fractures during the comparison periods (2017-2019); however, road traffic accident prevailed in the 2020 (n=12; 48%). There was a small increase in the number of alcohol-related fractures (56% in 2020 vs 46.34%, 41.94%, and 51.35% in 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively).

Conclusion:

COVID-19 impacted on the epidemiology maxillofacial fractures surgically treated in this Cuban university hospital.

Keywords : epidemiological studies; maxillofacial trauma; facial bones; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2.

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