The Impact of Covid-19 in the Follow-Up of Glaucoma Patients in a Tertiary Center: A Comparison Between Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Periods.

Arthur Pinheiro FavaratoJosé Paulo Cabral de VasconcelosVital Paulino Costa

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)

The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically decreased the number of outpatient visits and surgical procedures, impacting the follow-up of glaucoma patients in our service. We encourage other health care units to verify the impact of the pandemic in their own population to better prepare for a possible overload of uncontrolled glaucoma patients in the future.

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