Children (Dec 2024)

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Epidemiology and Management Strategies of Forearm Fractures in Children—a Retrospective Study

  • Vlad Laurentiu David,
  • Cristina Ana-Maria Garjoaba,
  • Diana Popescu-Rohlicek,
  • Larisa Anca Szentpeteri,
  • Bogdan Ciornei,
  • Calin Marius Popoiu,
  • Eugen Sorin Boia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children11121495
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 12
p. 1495

Abstract

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable influence over the management strategies in pediatric trauma all over the world. We are making a comparative assessment of all pediatric forearm fracture presentations in a tertiary center in Romania in a pre-pandemic year 2019 (NPG) versus a pandemic year 2021 (PG). Material and Methods: We retrospectively compared the epidemiological, the anatomopathological, and the management features of forearm fractures for the two years. Results: A total of 1403 patients with forearm fractures, 720 in NPG and 683 in PG, ages p p < 0.01). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had little impact on the epidemiology, anatomopathological features, and management strategies of forearm fractures in children. The only significant change in the medical strategy in our series was towards reducing the hospitalization rate and duration, reducing the follow-up visits.

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