Impact of the Sanitary Confinement Resulting From COVID 19 on Pediatric Emergencies in Maxillofacial Surgery

Abstract

The pediatric population constitutes a large part of the admissions to maxillofacial emergencies, the health confinement following the declaration of the state of alert as a consequence of the COVID 19 pandemic has modified the behavior of the Moroccan population. In order to study the impact of the lockdown on pediatric maxillofacial emergencies, we conducted a retrospective descriptive and comparative study over a period of 2 months from February 16, 2020 to April 16, 2020: one month before and during the lockdown following the COVID 19 pandemic of pediatric maxillofacial surgery emergency admissions at the MOHAMMED the 6th University Hospital of MARRAKECH. We included the entire pediatric population admitted to the maxillofacial surgery emergency room, ranging from 0 to 15 years of age. The data were collected from the registers of maxillofacial surgery emergencies for two consecutive years.