چکیده مقاله
Background: There is no study about the evaluation of incidence rates of tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and ear surgeries before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 pandemic and the impact of pandemic peaks on the incidence rates of these operations in the world, particularly in Iran Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the number of most common otolaryngologic operations in the Iranian pediatric population Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a referral hospital The data of target patients over the period of March 21, 2018, to November 22, 2021, were collected The number of surgeries at the period of any peak plus before and during the COVID 19 pandemic was compared Results: A total of 6 290 patients from the Health Information System of Amir A'lam hospital, Tehran, Iran, were enrolled In this study, 52 9% and 46 5% of the patients were male and female, respectively There were 3 main types of surgeries, such as adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ear surgeries, with mean _x0000__x0000__x0000_ _x0000__x0000_ standard deviation SD age of 10 20 _x0000__x0000_ 9 4, 11 45 _x0000__x0000_ 10 8, and 44 19 _x0000__x0000_ 14 6 years, respectively There was a significant difference in terms of the total number of operations between before n = 5070 and during the COVID 19 pandemic n = 1220 P 0 001 The amount of this difference was much greater in tonsillectomy n = 3736 vs n = 546 and adenoidectomy n = 134 vs n = 121 than in ear surgeries n = 1200 vs n = 653 Conclusions: The COVID 19 pandemic significantly reduced the number of most common otolaryngologic surgeries in the Iranian pediatric population The reason is that the restrictions during the pandemic might have a potential effect on reducing the transmission of tonsil adenoid gland infection
نویسندگان
Mahtab Rabbani Anari
Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Amir A'lam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fatemeh Mirashrafi
Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Sharifi
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Amir A'lam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Salmani
Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Rabbani Anari, Mahtab and Mirashrafi, Fatemeh and Sharifi, Alireza and Salmani, Mohammad Hossein,1404,Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Otolaryngologic Surgeries in Iranian Pediatrics surgery,37th International Congress on Pediatrics,Tehran
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