ArticleOral and maxillofacial surgery2024
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maxillofacial trauma surgery in Germany - implications from the national DRG database.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of the fractures and etiology of orofacial trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Volume and Structure of Maxillofacial Trauma Before, During, and After COVID-19 Restrictions: A Multicentre Interrupted Time-Series and Period-Comparative Analysis of 3954 Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Evolution of maxillofacial fractures before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: an 8-year interrupted time series analysis from South-Western Romania.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Evaluation of geriatric head and neck trauma cases in a German highest-level trauma centre from 2018 to 2024.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- A comparison of isolated mandibular fractures and pattern of fractures of the mandible in cases with panfacial fractures - A study from 2007 to 2024 in a highest-level German trauma centre on 2056 patients with mandibular fractures.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Article
- Patterns of ZMC and Le Fort Fractures under the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic-"A Changing Face?"Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected the personal and social lives of millions of people and also impacted the etiological factors of midfacial trauma such as falls, interpersonal violence or traffic accidents. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on maxillofacial trauma surgery in the German healthcare system.
methodsNationwide data regarding the national diagnosis-related-group (DRG) inpatient billing system used in all German hospitals was received from the German Federal Statistical Office. Various trauma-associated procedures of the Operation and Procedure Classification System (OPS), a German modification of the International Classification of Medical Procedures (ICPM), were statistically associated with different epidemiological factors between 2012 and 2021.
resultsA statistically significant decrease (p < 0.05) in surgeries regarding maxillofacial fractures was registered during the years 2020 and 2021. Young male patients had the largest decline in maxillofacial trauma surgeries during this period (p < 0.05). In contrast. elderly patients 80 years and older showed a dramatic increase in the frequency of fractures in both the midface and the mandible (p < 0.05).
conclusionsDuring the COVID 19 pandemic there has been a shift in the number, composition and etiology of maxillofacial fracture surgeries. Measures of social distancing and personal risk avoidance had a societal positive effect on the frequency of facial injuries. This stands in contrast to the drastic increase in fractures of elderly people who should be protected primarily by the measures taken. These results can help to understand these influences better in future pandemics.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register No: DRKS00032778.
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