Impact of COVID-19-Related Lockdown on Glaucoma Patients

Mine Esen Barış Mukaddes Damla Ciftci Suzan Guven Yilmaz Halil Ateş

Published in: Turkish journal of ophthalmology (2022)

During the lockdown, emergency surgeries related to glaucoma decreased by 71.7% and marked visual loss was detected in 5.5% of the patients examined after the lockdown. These findings suggest that some patients were unable to present to clinics despite needing emergency care.

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