Effect of COVID-19-related lockdown on ophthalmic practice in Italy: A report from 39 institutional centers

Roberto Dell’Omo, Roberto Dell'Omo, Mariaelena Filippelli, Gianni Virgili, Francesco Bandello, Giuseppe Querques, Paolo Lanzetta, Teresio Avitabile, Francesco Viola, Michele Reibaldi, Francesco Semeraro, Luciano Quaranta, Stanislao Rizzo, Edoardo Midena, Giuseppe Campagna, Ciro Costagliola, Paola Marolo, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Michele Iester, Carlo Alberto CutoloClaudio Azzolini, Simone Donati, Elias Premi, Paolo Nucci, Stela Vujosevic, Giovanni Staurenghi, Ferdinando Bottoni, Francesco Romano, Federica Romano, Domenico Grosso, Enrico Borrelli, Riccardo Sacconi, Paolo Milella, Simone Ganci, Mario R. Romano, Gabriella Ricciardelli, Davide Allegrini, Marco Casaluci, Davide Romano, Giorgio Marchini, Francesca Chemello, Camilla Amantea, Carlotta Amantea, Rino Frisina, Elisabetta Pilotto, Raffaele Parrozzani, Daniele Veritti, Valentina Sarao, Tognetto Daniele, Massimo Busin, Francesco Parmeggiani, Katia De Nadai, Luca Furiosi, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Bruno Battaglia, Matteo Gironi, Marco Gironi, Stefano Gandolfi, Enrico Luciani, Paolo Mora, Costantino Schiavi, Patrizia Bertaccini, Paolo Antonio Bertaccini, Alessandro Finzi, Matilde Roda, Carlo Cagini, Marco Lupidi, Fabrizio Giansanti, Daniela Bacherini, Gianmarco Tosi, Elena De Benedetto, Marco Nardi, Michele Figus, Chiara Posarelli, Cesare Mariotti, Vittorio Pirani, Michele Nicolai, Massimo Nicolai, Stefano Bonini, Marco Coassin, Antonio Di Zazzo, Maria Cristina Savastano, Alfonso Savastano, Gloria Gambini, Umberto De Vico, Leopoldo Spadea, Andrea Iannaccone, Carlo Nucci, Federico Ricci, Francesco Aiello, Gabriele Gallo Afflitto, Leonardo Mastropasqua, Giada D’Onofio, Federica Evangelista, Lorenza Brescia, Pasquale Napolitano, Paolo Polisena, Nicolina Gianfrancesco, Domenico Trivisonno, Francesco Petti, Francesca Simonelli, Settimio Rossi, Antonio Tartaglione, Nicola Rosa, Maddalena De Bernardo, Cristiana Iaculli, Anna Valeria Bux, Giulia Maggiore, Giuseppe Maggiore, Francesco Boscia, Giancarlo Sborgia, Maria Oliva Grassi, Vincenzo Scorcia, Giuseppe Giannaccare, Guglielmo Parisi, Giuseppe Parisi, Salvatore Cillino, Francesco Alaimo, Pasquale Aragona, Alessandro Meduri, Antonio Pinna, Andrea Sollazzo, Enrico Peiretti, Emanuele Siotto

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Abstract

Background/objectives: To compare the number of eye surgical procedures performed in Italy in the 2 months following the beginning of lockdown (study period) because of COVID-19 epidemic with those performed in the two earlier months of the same year (intra-year control) and in the period of 2019 corresponding to the lockdown (inter-year control). Methods: Retrospective analysis of surgical procedures carried out at 39 Academic hospitals. A distinction was made between elective and urgent procedures. Intravitreal injections were also considered. Percentages for all surgical procedures and incidence rate ratios (IRR) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) events were calculated. A p value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: A total of 20,886 versus 55,259 and 56,640 patients underwent surgery during the lockdown versus intra-and inter-year control periods, respectively. During the lockdown, only 70% of patients for whom an operation/intravitreal injection was recommended, finally underwent surgery; the remaining patients did not attend because afraid of getting infected at the hospital (23%), taking public transportation (6.5%), or unavailable swabs (0.5%). Elective surgeries were reduced by 96.2% and 96.4%, urgent surgeries by 49.7% and 50.2%, and intravitreal injections by 48.5% and 48.6% in the lockdown period in comparison to intra-year and inter-year control periods, respectively. IRRs for RRDs during lockdown dropped significantly in comparison with intra- and inter-year control periods (CI: 0.65–0.80 and 0.61–0.75, respectively, p < 0.001 for both). Conclusion: This study provides a quantitative analysis of the reduction of eye surgical procedures performed in Italy because of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)695-703
Numero di pagine9
RivistaEuropean Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume32
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2022

Keywords

  • Trauma
  • choroidal neovascular membranes
  • corneal transplantation
  • glaucoma
  • phacoemulsification
  • retinal detachment
  • venous occlusive disease

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