Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Inpatient Volume at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Germany with Corneal Main Specialization.
Gábor TóthKassandra XanthopoulouTanja StachonJános NémethRéka HéczBarbara Berkó-GöttelThorsten PfuhlSigrun SmolaBerthold SeitzNóra SzentmáryPublished in: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde (2021)
The COVID pandemic did not change emergency inpatient volume in our department, but duration of hospital stay was extended on average by 8 hours, mainly due to additional COVID-19-PCR examinations. The proportion of the most frequently performed surgeries did not change remarkably between 2019 and 2020, but with the introduction of Muraine's sutures in 2019, the percentage of admissions with acute corneal hydrops (with or without subsequent surgery) increased for 2020. No urgent surgery had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic at our department; all operations were performed successfully.
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