Trends in the Clinical Presentation of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the effect of 1 full year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on clinical presentation of acute, primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Design

Single-center, retrospective observational cohort study.

Methods

Patients were divided into 2 cohorts: consecutive patients treated for primary RRD during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 9, 2020, to March 7, 2021; pandemic cohort) and patients treated during the corresponding time in previous year (March 11, 2019, to March 8, 2020; control cohort).

Main outcome measures

Proportion of patients presenting with macula-involving (mac-off) or macula-sparring (mac-on) RRD.

Results

A total of 952 patients in the pandemic cohort and 872 patients in the control cohort were include

SUBMITTER: Mundae R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603252 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature