Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Restrictions on Retinal Detachment: A Multicenter Experience.

ABSTRACT: In this retrospective, multicenter study of 261 eyes (259 patients), patients who underwent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) post-lockdown period experienced an additional 22-day delay, leading to significantly more epiretinal membrane and proliferative vitreoretinopathy and lower single-surgery anatomic success rates. During lockdown, perfluoropropane gas was used more commonly, and pneumatic retinopexy was used more commonly in COVID-19-positive patients.

SUBMITTER: Jung JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature