Impact of the COronaVIrus Disease 2019 lockdown on hand and upper limb emergencies: experience of a referred university trauma hand centre in Paris, France

• DOI: 10.1007/s00264-020-04654-2
• Publication Date: 2020-06-02T08:04:32Z
• Authors: Rémy Pichard; Luc Kopel; Quentin Lejeune; Rafik Masmoudi; Emmanuel H. Masme...
• Keywords: Sports medicine

The lockdown imposed in France to cope with the COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has led major changes lifestyle of French citizens. aim our study was its impact on activity related emergencies hand and upper limb trauma comparison same reference period 2019. All consecutive patients consulting for injury requiring urgent care at Georges-Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP), France, during (case group) equivalent (control were included. In each group, type accident, anatomical location injury, treatment reported compared. Two hundred seventy-five included case group 784 control group. We observed a two-third decrease rate (− 64.9%) particular drastic drop road, work, leisure accidents (10.4% vs 14.3%, p = 0.1151; 10.0% 22.6%, < 0.0001; 13.1% 30.8%, 0.0001, respectively), clear increase domestic (66.5% 32.3%, 0.0001). aetiologies more dominated by lacerations soft tissues (48.4%, 38.3%, 0.0034) infections (8.7% 5.1%, 0.0299) an indications surgical management (51.2% 36.9%, Conversely, we fewer consultations joint injuries (20.7% 30.7%, 0.0015) fractures (22.2% 25.9%, 0.2210). etiologies emergencies.