Effect of covid-19 on maxillofacial surgery in a hospital in Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Effect of covid-19 on maxillofacial surgery in a hospital in Brazil
Received 10th January, 2022; Received in revised form 16th January, 2022; Accepted 08th February, 2022; Published online 30th March, 2022
Copyright©2022, Rogério Luiz de Araújo Vian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The purpose of this article is to understand the impact of Covid-19 on facial fractures treated at Santa Casa de Ribeirão Preto whose study is longitudinal and retrospective cohort and data were obtained from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020, resulting in a predominance of males (66.1%) with a decrease in the rates in all types of trauma and, in accidents, there was a predominance of domestic accidents (10.4%) and traffic accidents (77.4%). There was also an increase in cases of aggression (93.9%) and an increase in cases of abscess of odontogenic origin (100.0%) due to changes in primary-level care protocols to prioritize patients with Covid-19.
