IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy -
IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Minerva Dent Oral Sci. 2022 Apr;71(2):96-100. doi: 10.23736/S2724-6329.20.04446-5. Epub 2020 Nov 27.
Italy has been the first affected country in the western hemisphere by SARS-CoV-2 with over 200,000 cases during the first months of the pandemics. To control the spread of the virus, the whole country was placed under lockdown with limitations in the circulation of people and vehicles from March 2020 to the first half of the month of May.
We aimed to analyze the incidence and type of facial traumas referred to our tertiary care hospital during the months of Italy lockdown due to SARS-CoV-2 spread compared with those during the same months of 2019 to determine eventual variations in the incidence, type and causes of trauma.
During the 2 months of COVID-19-related lockdown, a dramatic decrease in facial trauma patients was observed at our tertiary care hospital with a shift toward older age ranges. Regarding the causes of trauma, the largest percentage reduction was found in road, sports and work accidents; this percentage reduction was not found in aggressions.
A small increase in the percentage was also found regarding surgical indications, likely because more severe cases were more prone to be referred to the hospital despite the fear of being infected.
意大利是西半球第一个受到 SARS-CoV-2 影响的国家，在疫情的头几个月里，病例超过 20 万。为了控制病毒的传播，从 2020 年 3 月到 5 月的上半月，意大利全国实行封锁，限制人员和车辆流动。
我们旨在分析在 SARS-CoV-2 传播期间，我们的三级保健医院因封锁而收治的面部创伤患者的发病情况和类型，并与 2019 年同期进行比较，以确定创伤的发生率、类型和原因是否存在差异。
在 COVID-19 相关封锁的 2 个月期间，我们的三级保健医院收治的面部创伤患者数量急剧减少，年龄范围向更大年龄组转移。至于创伤的原因，道路交通、运动和工作事故的百分比降幅最大；而在袭击方面，并没有发现这种百分比的减少。
手术指征的百分比也略有上升，这可能是因为尽管担心感染，但更严重的病例更有可能被转至医院。
