Table 3.
Comparing indications for traumatology service admission immediately prior to versus immediately after initiation of a government-mandated nationwide lockdown for COVID-19 in Peru.
| Indication for surgery | Period 1: Feb 16-Mar 15, 2020 | Period 2: Mar 16-Apr 15, 2020 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | Statistical significance | |
| Osteoporotic Hip Fracture | 32 | 18.0% | 36 | 29.3% | p < 0.05 |
| Ankle Fracture | 24 | 13.5% | 16 | 13.0% | NS |
| Forearm Fracture | 23 | 12.9% | 12 | 9.8% | NS |
| Hand Fracture | 20 | 11.2% | 5 | 4.1% | p < 0.05 |
| Foot Fracture | 11 | 6.2% | 1 | 0.8% | p < 0.05 |
| Tibial Plateau Fracture | 10 | 5.6% | 8 | 6.5% | NS |
| Humeral Fracture | 10 | 5.6% | 3 | 2.4% | NS |
| Tendon Injury | 8 | 4.5% | 2 | 1.6% | NS |
| Others | 8 | 4.5% | 6 | 4.9% | NS |
| Infection | 7 | 3.9% | 4 | 3.3% | NS |
| Hand Injuries | 6 | 3.4% | 3 | 2.4% | NS |
| Diabetic Foot | 4 | 2.2% | 14 | 11.4% | p < 0.05 |
| Polytrauma | 4 | 2.2% | 6 | 4.9% | NS |
| Clavicle Fracture | 4 | 2.2% | 3 | 2.4% | NS |
| Non Osteoporotic Femoral Fracture | 4 | 2.2% | 1 | 0.8% | NS |
| Tumors | 3 | 1.7% | 3 | 2.4% | NS |
| Total | 178 | 100% | 123 | 100% | p = 0.02 |
%: percentage; Period 2: the first month of the Peruvian State of Emergency; NS:no statistically-significant difference.