Epidemiological and therapeutic characterization of patients with maxillofacial fractures treated during COVID-19

Authors

  • Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma. Hospital General Universitario Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial. Bayamo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2146-9014
  • Alejandro Ernesto Núñez-Blanco Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma. Hospital General Universitario Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial. Bayamo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-7139
  • Denia Morales-Navarro Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatología Raúl González Sánchez https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-7235

Keywords:

jaw fractures, zygomatic fractures, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, epidemiology.

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 influenced the epidemiology and therapeutic on many diseases; however, there are only few researches in the area of the maxillofacial traumatology and in Cuba there is only one specific study published.
Objective: To characterize from an epidemiologic and therapeutic point of view the patients with maxillofacial fractures treated in a Cuban university hospital in the COVID-19 context.
Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional research was performed. Age, sex, origin, types of fractures, laterality, number of traces, anatomical localizations, etiology, treatment, day of the week, and month of trauma were studied. The information was obtained through questioning, clinical examination and radiological studies. Absolute frequencies and percentages were used as summary measures.
Results: 54 patients, with a predominance of males (90.7 %), were studied. The most represented age group was 41-60. Interpersonal violence and falls were the main etiologies. One hundred fifty-one fractures with an average of 2.8 fractures per patient were diagnosed. Thirty-two patients (59.3 %) had zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures. The mandibular angle and parasymphysis were the most affected anatomical localizations. Zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures were treated with non-surgical procedures (50 %), while open reduction and internal fixation (57.1 %) was the main therapeutic modality used for treating mandibular fractures.
Conclusions: Male patients, with ages between the fifth and sixth decades of the life, affected by zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures prevailed.

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2023-06-20

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Corrales-Reyes IE, Núñez-Blanco AE, Morales-Navarro D. Epidemiological and therapeutic characterization of patients with maxillofacial fractures treated during COVID-19. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2023 Jun. 20 [cited 2025 Apr. 1];52(3):e02302997. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2997

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Vol. 52 No. 3 (2023): July - september

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