Glaucoma surgery during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To summarize the actions taken to give continuity to the surgical treatment of glaucoma patients and to present the volume and characteristics of glaucoma surgery in the first year of pandemic at the Tertiary Glaucoma Center of the University Hospital of Verona (Veneto, Italy).

Methods

Demographical and surgical features of patients who underwent glaucoma surgery from March 9th, 2020 to March 8th, 2021 have been collected and compared to the same date range of the previous year. The analyzed data included age, gender, region of origin, glaucoma staging, type of anesthesia and surgical procedure.

Results

The surgical volume of glaucoma has dropped by 30.1%. In comparison with the previous year, we found a significant variation in the overall distribution of the

SUBMITTER: Longo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature