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Table 4 Comparison of Covid-19 year with the two preceding years regarding therapy modality (general anesthesia/local anesthesia) and in-/outpatient treatments

From: The COVID-19 pandemic and its possible impact on the treatment of odontogenic and intraoral abscesses

n (%) total (961)

Therapy modality

Outpatients

Inpatients

Total

p-value

Preceding years

LA

388

117

505 (52.6)

 < 0.001*

GA

0

158

158 (16.4)

Total

388 (40.0)

275 (28.6)

663 (68.7)

Covid-19 year

LA

137

59

196 (20.4)

GA

0

102

102 (10.6)

Total

137 (14.3)

161 (16.8)

298 (31.0)

Total

 

525 (54.6)

436 (45.4)

961 (100)

  1. Preceding years = control group: 2018–2020
  2. Covid-19 year = test group: 2020–2021
  3. Abbreviations: LA local anesthesia, GA general anesthesia
  4. *Fisher’s Exact Test