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The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the injury patterns of orthopaedic trauma patients in the paediatric age group who presented to our hospital during and after lifting the curfew due to the pandemic, with the patients of the same age group who presented to our institution during the same...

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Autores principales: Kalem, Mahmut, Özbek, Emre Anıl, Kocaoğlu, Hakan, Merter, Abdullah, Karaca, Mustafa Onur, Şahin, Ercan, Başarir, Kerem
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Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8381397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34476032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.15.210071
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author Kalem, Mahmut
Özbek, Emre Anıl
Kocaoğlu, Hakan
Merter, Abdullah
Karaca, Mustafa Onur
Şahin, Ercan
Başarir, Kerem
author_facet Kalem, Mahmut
Özbek, Emre Anıl
Kocaoğlu, Hakan
Merter, Abdullah
Karaca, Mustafa Onur
Şahin, Ercan
Başarir, Kerem
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description PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the injury patterns of orthopaedic trauma patients in the paediatric age group who presented to our hospital during and after lifting the curfew due to the pandemic, with the patients of the same age group who presented to our institution during the same time period last year. METHODS: Patients, aged 0 years to 18 years, who presented to our clinic between 21 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 (during curfew) (Group A1, n = 111), between 01 June 2020 and 31 August 2020 (Group A2, n = 214) and during the same periods in 2019 Group B1 (n = 220) and Group B2 (n = 211) were included. Patients with pathological fractures, traumas occurring earlier than the aforementioned date range and those consulted while being hospitalized in another department were excluded from study. Patients’ demographics, the department they presented to, the anatomical region affected by trauma, trauma mechanism, the location of trauma, the treatment applied and the length of hospital stay were recorded. RESULTS: The prevalence of outdoor traumas (72.9% versus 61.1%), high-energy traumas (40.1% versus 26.5%), the rate of the patients treated with surgery (28% versus 17.1%) and the rate of admission to the emergency department (90.2% versus 58.3%) were significantly higher in Group A2 when compared with Group B2 (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The significant increase was observed in the number of outdoor injuries, high-energy traumas and fracture patterns that require surgical treatment during the first three months following the lift of the curfew, in comparison with the corresponding dates from last year. We think that children’s lower extremity muscle strength and neuromuscular control was decreased due to staying home for a prolonged period of time. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Case-control study.
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spelling pubmed-83813972021-09-01 The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period Kalem, Mahmut Özbek, Emre Anıl Kocaoğlu, Hakan Merter, Abdullah Karaca, Mustafa Onur Şahin, Ercan Başarir, Kerem J Child Orthop Original Clinical Article PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the injury patterns of orthopaedic trauma patients in the paediatric age group who presented to our hospital during and after lifting the curfew due to the pandemic, with the patients of the same age group who presented to our institution during the same time period last year. METHODS: Patients, aged 0 years to 18 years, who presented to our clinic between 21 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 (during curfew) (Group A1, n = 111), between 01 June 2020 and 31 August 2020 (Group A2, n = 214) and during the same periods in 2019 Group B1 (n = 220) and Group B2 (n = 211) were included. Patients with pathological fractures, traumas occurring earlier than the aforementioned date range and those consulted while being hospitalized in another department were excluded from study. Patients’ demographics, the department they presented to, the anatomical region affected by trauma, trauma mechanism, the location of trauma, the treatment applied and the length of hospital stay were recorded. RESULTS: The prevalence of outdoor traumas (72.9% versus 61.1%), high-energy traumas (40.1% versus 26.5%), the rate of the patients treated with surgery (28% versus 17.1%) and the rate of admission to the emergency department (90.2% versus 58.3%) were significantly higher in Group A2 when compared with Group B2 (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The significant increase was observed in the number of outdoor injuries, high-energy traumas and fracture patterns that require surgical treatment during the first three months following the lift of the curfew, in comparison with the corresponding dates from last year. We think that children’s lower extremity muscle strength and neuromuscular control was decreased due to staying home for a prolonged period of time. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Case-control study. The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2021-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8381397/ /pubmed/34476032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.15.210071 Text en Copyright © 2021, The author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed.
spellingShingle Original Clinical Article
Kalem, Mahmut
Özbek, Emre Anıl
Kocaoğlu, Hakan
Merter, Abdullah
Karaca, Mustafa Onur
Şahin, Ercan
Başarir, Kerem
The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title_full The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title_fullStr The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title_full_unstemmed The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title_short The increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the COVID-19 period
title_sort increase in paediatric orthopaedic trauma injuries following the end of the curfew during the covid-19 period
topic Original Clinical Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8381397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34476032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.15.210071
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