Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Restrictions on Retinal Detachment: A Multicenter Experience

Jesse J Jung; Jonathan S Chang; Patrick R Oellers; Mohsin H Ali; Brian K Do; Joseph J Tseng; Roberto Roizenblatt; Rajeev H Muni; Christina Y Weng; Zackery B Oakey; Sean W Tsao; Soraya Rofagha; Xavier Chan; Quan V Hoang; Young Retina Forum

doi:10.1016/j.oret.2022.02.001

Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Restrictions on Retinal Detachment: A Multicenter Experience

Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 Jul;6(7):638-641. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.02.001. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: jung.jesse@gmail.com.
² Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York, Liverpool, New York.
⁴ Retina Group of Washington, Fairfax, Virginia.
⁵ Retina Associates of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York.
⁶ South Coast Retina Center, Torrance, California.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
⁹ Medical Consultants of Southern California, Rancho Cucamonga, California.
¹⁰ Department of Ophthalmology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Irvine, California.
¹¹ East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
¹² Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
¹³ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.

Abstract

In this retrospective, multicenter study of 261 eyes (259 patients), patients who underwent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) post-lockdown period experienced an additional 22-day delay, leading to significantly more epiretinal membrane and proliferative vitreoretinopathy and lower single-surgery anatomic success rates. During lockdown, perfluoropropane gas was used more commonly, and pneumatic retinopexy was used more commonly in COVID-19-positive patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; Lockdown; Practice patterns; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control
Humans
Retinal Detachment* / diagnosis
Retinal Detachment* / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Visual Acuity