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Trauma Management

(76) Facial Trauma and COVID-19

Thursday, September 12, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

    Poster Presenter(s)

  • Roberta N. Pauletti, PhD

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
    Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    • Co-Author(s)

  • AB

    Alexandre Basualdo, n/a

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
    Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • LC

    Larissa Cunha Cé, n/a

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
    Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • LC

    Luisa Bresolin Consoli, n/a

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
    Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • MH

    Marina F. Hass, n/a

    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
    Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Disclosure(s):
Roberta N. Pauletti, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes in various health sectors around the world due to the high spread of cases and the rapid increase in demand for hospital beds. In this retrospective study, the effect caused by the pandemic was evaluated in an oral and maxillofacial surgery and traumatology service of a reference hospital in Southern Brazil. Patients who presented for evaluation and treatment of trauma and oral and maxillofacial complications during the first year of the pandemic (March 18, 2020, to March 17, 2021) and the same 1-year pre-pandemic interval (March 18, 2019, to March 17, 2020) were included. During the pandemic period, 165 patients were evaluated (65% male) and the most affected age group was those one between 20-40 years old (36%). The prevalent etiology was car accident (26%), followed by physical aggression (18%), falling (18%), and falling from high level (15%). In the pre-pandemic period, 214 patients were evaluated (70% male) and the most affected age group was between 20-40 years old (36%). The prevalent etiology was physical aggression (28%), followed by falling from high level (22%), and car accident (21%). We can conclude that during the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic, due to social isolation, facial trauma decreased 23%, the etiology trauma presented a change from physical aggression (pre-pandemic) to car accident during the pandemic, possibly due to social isolation and without the operation of nightclubs, shows and social events in general.
References
Bohneberger, G.; Garbin Júnior, E. A.; Griza, G. L.; Acosta, E. E. C.; Otaviano, L. T.; Ernica, N. M. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology: the comparative study. Research, Society and Development, v. 10, n. 11, 2021.
Al-Qahtani, F.; Bishawi, K.; Jaber, M.; Thomas, S. Maxillofacial trauma in the Gulf countries: a systematic review. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, v. 47, p. 397-406, 2021.