Surgical decisions and outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Data from a tertiary referral center in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess changes in surgical decisions and outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary center in Taiwan.

Methods

Patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) or scleral buckling (SB) for primary RRD during Taiwan's first wave of domestic COVID-19 cases surge between May and July 2021 (COVID cohort, n = 100) were compared to controls in the closest pre-COVID year, 2019 (pre-COVID cohort, n = 121).

Results

The COVID cohort had significantly worse RRD presentation, received more PPV (alone or combined with SB (PPV + SB)) and less SB alone, and had comparable single-surgery anatomic success (SSAS) rates. In patients who underwent PPV, more underwent PPV + SB instead of PPV alone. The decision to combine SB in

SUBMITTER: Wu PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10417975 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature