Rallis George, Igoumenakis Dimosthenes, Krasadakis Christos, Stathopoulos Panagiotis
Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, K.A.T. General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece.
Trainee, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, K.A.T. General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2015 Jan;119(1):32-4. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.09.025. Epub 2014 Sep 30.
The global economic crisis and the subsequent austerity measures taken in Greece in 2010 have moved the country to the epicenter of a financial storm with negative effects on the national health sector and all aspects of social life.
Records of patients admitted for treatment of maxillofacial fractures in two different periods of time were used in this study. Data concerning the etiology of fractures from 2006 to 2009 were compared with data from 2010 to 2013 to investigate whether the economic recession has significantly influenced the causality of trauma.
Our study demonstrates that the rate of facial fractures caused by motor vehicle accidents before the worsening of the crisis was significantly reduced in the period after 2010 but that the incidence of fractures due to interpersonal violence increased during the period of the severe economic crisis. We discuss the reasons that may have led to these changing patterns of trauma.
2010年全球经济危机以及希腊随后采取的紧缩措施，使该国成为金融风暴的中心，对国家卫生部门和社会生活的各个方面都产生了负面影响。
本研究使用了两个不同时间段内因颌面骨折入院治疗患者的记录。将2006年至2009年骨折病因的数据与2010年至2013年的数据进行比较，以调查经济衰退是否对创伤的因果关系产生了显著影响。
我们的研究表明，在危机恶化之前由机动车事故导致的面部骨折发生率在2010年之后显著降低，但在严重经济危机期间人际暴力导致的骨折发生率有所增加。我们讨论了可能导致这些创伤模式变化的原因。
