Petrocelli Marzia, Ruggiero Federica, Feraboli Liliana, Allegri Davide, Cutrupi Sebastiano, Baietti Anna Maria, Salzano Giovanni, Prucher Gianmarco, Maremonti Pietro, Vaira Luigi Angelo
Oral and Maxillo-Facial Unit, AUSL Bologna Bellaria-Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Department of Clinical Governance and Quality, AUSL Bologna Bellaria-Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2025 Feb;24(1):130-136. doi: 10.1007/s12663-024-02153-0. Epub 2024 Mar 24.
The purpose of this study has been to analyze retrospectively the clinical records of patients admitted to a single Maxillofacial Surgery center in Northern Italy, evaluating the epidemiological differences during the different phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
The retrospective study included patients who had undergone surgery for facial bone fractures at the between February 23, 2020, and February 23, 2022. According to the date of admission, all the data were stratified into four chronological periods representing the four different phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy in terms of restriction: pre-pandemic, first wave, partial restrictions and post-pandemic groups. Finally, any differences in epidemiological data between the groups were analyzed.
A total of 155 patients were included. The causes of admission of the pre-pandemic group demonstrated a statistically significant difference compared with the first wave group, whereas there were no differences between the pre-pandemic and the other two groups. The first wave group reported statistically significant differences in terms of the fracture etiology also with the partial restrictions and post-pandemic groups.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were profound changes in the epidemiology of fractures influenced by the restrictive measures implemented by the government. At the end of the pandemic, the epidemiology of fractures returned to the same as in the pre-pandemic period.
本研究旨在回顾性分析意大利北部一家颌面外科中心收治患者的临床记录，评估新型冠状病毒肺炎（SARS-CoV-2）大流行不同阶段的流行病学差异。
这项回顾性研究纳入了2020年2月23日至2022年2月23日期间因面部骨折接受手术的患者。根据入院日期，所有数据被分为四个按时间顺序排列的时期，从限制措施角度代表了意大利SARS-CoV-2大流行的四个不同阶段：大流行前、第一波、部分限制和大流行后组。最后，分析了各组之间流行病学数据的差异。
共纳入155例患者。与第一波组相比，大流行前组的入院原因显示出统计学上的显著差异，而大流行前组与其他两组之间没有差异。第一波组在骨折病因方面与部分限制组和大流行后组相比也有统计学上的显著差异。
在新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）大流行期间，受政府实施的限制措施影响，骨折的流行病学发生了深刻变化。在大流行结束时，骨折的流行病学恢复到与大流行前相同的状态。
