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Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group

The progressive deterioration of the visual function in patients on waiting lists for cataract surgery has a negative impact on their quality of life, especially in the elderly population. Patient waiting times for cataract surgeries in many healthcare settings have increased recently due to the pro...

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Autores principales: Tognetto, Daniele, Brézin, Antoine P., Cummings, Arthur B., Malyugin, Boris E., Evren Kemer, Ozlem, Prieto, Isabel, Rejdak, Robert, Teus, Miguel A., Törnblom, Riikka, Toro, Mario D., Vinciguerra, Alex L., Giglio, Rosa, De Giacinto, Chiara
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33276612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121035
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author Tognetto, Daniele
Brézin, Antoine P.
Cummings, Arthur B.
Malyugin, Boris E.
Evren Kemer, Ozlem
Prieto, Isabel
Rejdak, Robert
Teus, Miguel A.
Törnblom, Riikka
Toro, Mario D.
Vinciguerra, Alex L.
Giglio, Rosa
De Giacinto, Chiara
author_facet Tognetto, Daniele
Brézin, Antoine P.
Cummings, Arthur B.
Malyugin, Boris E.
Evren Kemer, Ozlem
Prieto, Isabel
Rejdak, Robert
Teus, Miguel A.
Törnblom, Riikka
Toro, Mario D.
Vinciguerra, Alex L.
Giglio, Rosa
De Giacinto, Chiara
author_sort Tognetto, Daniele
collection PubMed
description The progressive deterioration of the visual function in patients on waiting lists for cataract surgery has a negative impact on their quality of life, especially in the elderly population. Patient waiting times for cataract surgeries in many healthcare settings have increased recently due to the prolonged stop or slowdown of elective cataract surgery as a result of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The aim of this review is to highlight the impact of such a “de-prioritization” of cataract surgery and to summarize some critical issues and useful hints on how to reorganize cataract pathways, with a special focus on perioperative diagnostic tools during the recovery phase and beyond. The experiences of a group of surgeons originating from nine different countries, named the European COVID-19 Cataract Group (EUROCOVCAT), have been combined with the literature and recommendations from scientific ophthalmic societies and healthcare institutions. Key considerations for elective cataract surgery should include the reduction of the number of unnecessary visits and examinations, adoption of precautionary measures, and implementation of telemedicine instruments. New strategies should be adopted to provide an adequate level of assistance and to guarantee safety conditions. Flexibility will be the watchword and regular updates would be necessary following scientific insights and the development of the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-77616282020-12-26 Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group Tognetto, Daniele Brézin, Antoine P. Cummings, Arthur B. Malyugin, Boris E. Evren Kemer, Ozlem Prieto, Isabel Rejdak, Robert Teus, Miguel A. Törnblom, Riikka Toro, Mario D. Vinciguerra, Alex L. Giglio, Rosa De Giacinto, Chiara Diagnostics (Basel) Review The progressive deterioration of the visual function in patients on waiting lists for cataract surgery has a negative impact on their quality of life, especially in the elderly population. Patient waiting times for cataract surgeries in many healthcare settings have increased recently due to the prolonged stop or slowdown of elective cataract surgery as a result of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The aim of this review is to highlight the impact of such a “de-prioritization” of cataract surgery and to summarize some critical issues and useful hints on how to reorganize cataract pathways, with a special focus on perioperative diagnostic tools during the recovery phase and beyond. The experiences of a group of surgeons originating from nine different countries, named the European COVID-19 Cataract Group (EUROCOVCAT), have been combined with the literature and recommendations from scientific ophthalmic societies and healthcare institutions. Key considerations for elective cataract surgery should include the reduction of the number of unnecessary visits and examinations, adoption of precautionary measures, and implementation of telemedicine instruments. New strategies should be adopted to provide an adequate level of assistance and to guarantee safety conditions. Flexibility will be the watchword and regular updates would be necessary following scientific insights and the development of the pandemic. MDPI 2020-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7761628/ /pubmed/33276612 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121035 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tognetto, Daniele
Brézin, Antoine P.
Cummings, Arthur B.
Malyugin, Boris E.
Evren Kemer, Ozlem
Prieto, Isabel
Rejdak, Robert
Teus, Miguel A.
Törnblom, Riikka
Toro, Mario D.
Vinciguerra, Alex L.
Giglio, Rosa
De Giacinto, Chiara
Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title_full Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title_fullStr Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title_short Rethinking Elective Cataract Surgery Diagnostics, Assessments, and Tools after the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and Beyond: Insights from the EUROCOVCAT Group
title_sort rethinking elective cataract surgery diagnostics, assessments, and tools after the covid-19 pandemic experience and beyond: insights from the eurocovcat group
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33276612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10121035
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