De Francesco Francesco, Berdini Massimo, Gravina Pasquale, Pangrazi Pier Paolo, Signoriello Giuseppe, Riccio Michele
Department of Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, AOU Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Clinical Orthopaedics, Polytechnic Marche University, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Nov 21;11(23):3006. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11233006.
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing COVID-19, has spread across the globe. To limit the spread of COVID-19, the Italian government imposed various restrictions (lockdowns). These restrictions had an impact on the flow of patients accessing hospital care. Our aim in this study was to analyze the impact of lockdowns on the epidemiology of patients suffering from hand trauma. Our work analyzed the variation in the number and characteristics of hand trauma patients during the lockdown and half-lockdowns in 2020 compared to the same periods in the previous and subsequent years. In 2020, during the lockdown period, 107 patients were treated by our department for hand trauma, amounting to a 2% increase compared to the average number of patients treated in the pre-pandemic period. In 2020, during the half-lockdown period, 158 patients were treated, amounting to a 6.8% increase in comparison to the pre-pandemic period. During the lockdown period in Italy, the flow of patients suffering from hand trauma referred to our hub center remained stable. Given the restrictions imposed by the lockdown, we expected a consequent reduction in the number of work-related injuries, which did occur, while there was a surprising increase in the number of traffic-related injuries. The number of domestic accidents remained stable.
新型严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引发了新冠肺炎疫情，已在全球范围内传播。为限制新冠肺炎的传播，意大利政府实施了各种限制措施（封锁）。这些限制措施对患者获得医院护理的流程产生了影响。我们这项研究的目的是分析封锁对手部创伤患者流行病学的影响。我们的研究分析了2020年封锁和半封锁期间手部创伤患者数量及特征的变化，并与前一年和后一年的同期情况进行比较。2020年封锁期间，我们科室共治疗了107例手部创伤患者，与疫情前时期的平均治疗患者数量相比增加了2%。2020年半封锁期间，共治疗了158例患者，与疫情前时期相比增加了6.8%。在意大利封锁期间，转诊至我们枢纽中心的手部创伤患者流量保持稳定。鉴于封锁实施的限制措施，我们预计与工作相关的受伤数量会相应减少，实际情况确实如此，然而与交通相关的受伤数量却出现了惊人的增加。家庭事故数量保持稳定。
