The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Macular Hole Surgery Provision and Surgical Outcomes: A Single-Centre Experience.
Georgios D PanosOlyvia PoyserHumera SarwarDharmalingam KumudhanGavin OrrAnwar ZamanCraig WildePublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
Our findings suggest the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant reduction in MH surgery, increased waiting times and led to poorer surgical outcomes. For future pandemics, better strategies are required that allow semi-elective and elective surgery to continue in a timely fashion. Health providers should preserve the delivery of ophthalmological care, with enhanced encouragement to seek medical help for acute symptoms.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- healthcare
- palliative care
- surgical site infection
- patients undergoing
- public health
- mental health
- liver failure
- optical coherence tomography
- diabetic retinopathy
- quality improvement
- drug induced
- risk assessment
- coronary artery disease
- depressive symptoms
- current status
- pain management
- hepatitis b virus
- climate change