Covid-19 pandemic: the impact of Italian lockdown on maxillofacial trauma incidence in southern Tuscany

Ann Ital Chir. 2022:92:135-139.

Abstract

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected our society. Governments have difficult situations by adopting strict and severe mitigation measures in order to contain the pandemic spreading. These decisions influenced significatively people's behavior changing their habits and routines. This study offers a statistical analysis of the incidence of the Maxillo-Facial traumas in Tuscany southern area, during the pandemic lockdown. The statistical analyzed has been obtained comparing the maxillo-facial trauma occurrence during the Italian lockdown between the 9th of March and the 18th of May 2020 in comparison with same period of the five previous years. KEY WORDS: Covid-19, Italian covid-19, Maxillofacial surgery, Maxillofacial trauma, Pandemic, Surgery management, Trauma incidence in Italy.

Lo scoppio della pandemia Covid-19 ha gravemente colpito la nostra società. I governi si trovano in situazioni difficili adottando misure di mitigazione rigorose e severe al fine di contenere la diffusione della pandemia. Queste decisioni hanno influenzato in modo significativo il comportamento delle persone cambiando le loro abitudini e routine. Questo studio offre un’analisi statistica dell’incidenza dei traumi maxillo-facciali nell’area meridionale della Toscana, durante il blocco della pandemia. La statistica analizzata è stata ottenuta confrontando il verificarsi del trauma maxillo-facciale durante il lockdown italiano tra il 9 marzo e il 18 maggio 2020 rispetto allo stesso periodo dei cinque anni precedenti.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Maxillofacial Injuries* / epidemiology
  • Maxillofacial Injuries* / etiology
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2