Vitreoretinal Surgery in the Post-Lockdown Era: Making the Case for Combined Phacovitrectomy

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly limited the capacity of healthcare systems to provide elective services like cataract surgery. Cataract formation is a frequent complication after pars plana vitrectomy. In this paper, we review the pros and cons of combined phacovitrecto...

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Autores principales: Antaki, Fares, Milad, Daniel, Javidi, Simon, Dirani, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7440631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884232
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S270934
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description The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly limited the capacity of healthcare systems to provide elective services like cataract surgery. Cataract formation is a frequent complication after pars plana vitrectomy. In this paper, we review the pros and cons of combined phacovitrectomy as opposed to sequential surgery in the post-pandemic era. In particular, we discuss the patient-level visual benefits and societal economic advantages of this procedure.
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spelling pubmed-74406312020-09-02 Vitreoretinal Surgery in the Post-Lockdown Era: Making the Case for Combined Phacovitrectomy Antaki, Fares Milad, Daniel Javidi, Simon Dirani, Ali Clin Ophthalmol Commentary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly limited the capacity of healthcare systems to provide elective services like cataract surgery. Cataract formation is a frequent complication after pars plana vitrectomy. In this paper, we review the pros and cons of combined phacovitrectomy as opposed to sequential surgery in the post-pandemic era. In particular, we discuss the patient-level visual benefits and societal economic advantages of this procedure. Dove 2020-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7440631/ /pubmed/32884232 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S270934 Text en © 2020 Antaki et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Vitreoretinal Surgery in the Post-Lockdown Era: Making the Case for Combined Phacovitrectomy
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title_short Vitreoretinal Surgery in the Post-Lockdown Era: Making the Case for Combined Phacovitrectomy
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