Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Refractive Surgery

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this article, we review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refractive surgery. RECENT FINDINGS: COVID-19 infection frequently causes eye symptoms, most commonly conjunctivitis or mild irritation. While virus can be detected in tears of symptomatic patients, the risk of tran...

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Autores principales: Bickford, Matthew, Rocha, Karolinne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Cataract & Refractive Surgery (CE Starr and A Brissette, Section Editors)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8532571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40135-021-00280-2
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this article, we review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refractive surgery. RECENT FINDINGS: COVID-19 infection frequently causes eye symptoms, most commonly conjunctivitis or mild irritation. While virus can be detected in tears of symptomatic patients, the risk of transmission via this route appears low. SUMMARY: Refractive surgery consultations were significantly reduced during the pandemic; however, volume is rebounding quickly likely due to a number of lifestyle, health, and financial factors. Laser refractive and intraocular surgery likely confer a low risk of virus spread, especially in asymptomatic patients. Screening prior to the refractive consultation and surface disinfection in the clinic and operating room can help reduce transmission risk further.
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spelling pubmed-85325712021-10-25 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Refractive Surgery Bickford, Matthew Rocha, Karolinne Curr Ophthalmol Rep Cataract & Refractive Surgery (CE Starr and A Brissette, Section Editors) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this article, we review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refractive surgery. RECENT FINDINGS: COVID-19 infection frequently causes eye symptoms, most commonly conjunctivitis or mild irritation. While virus can be detected in tears of symptomatic patients, the risk of transmission via this route appears low. SUMMARY: Refractive surgery consultations were significantly reduced during the pandemic; however, volume is rebounding quickly likely due to a number of lifestyle, health, and financial factors. Laser refractive and intraocular surgery likely confer a low risk of virus spread, especially in asymptomatic patients. Screening prior to the refractive consultation and surface disinfection in the clinic and operating room can help reduce transmission risk further. Springer US 2021-10-22 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8532571/ /pubmed/34721950 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40135-021-00280-2 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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