A Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Lacrimal Surgery: The Asia-Pacific Perspective.
Akshay Gopinathan NairNatasha NarayananMohammad Javed AliPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2020)
The survey showed that there was a general agreement among the surveyed oculoplastic surgeons in the Asia-Pacific region that lacrimal procedures were associated with a high risk of COVID-19 transmission and over 85% of them of had either stopped performing elective lacrimal surgeries altogether or were providing only emergent care. It is likely that not performing elective lacrimal procedures, COVID-19 has financially impacted a high percentage of the surveyed oculoplastic surgeons.