Pediatric cataract surgery practices in the COVID-19 era: Perspectives of a tertiary care institute in Northern India

Gupta, Parul Chawla; Sukhija, Jaspreet; Khurana, Surbhi; Kaur, Savleen; Korla, Shagun; Valliappan, Abinaya; Ram, Jagat

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_3678_20

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“…The success of amblyopia treatment in children may have been affected by the curfew, as most pediatric ophthalmology clinics only provided virtual consultations during that time and postponed follow-up visits. 7 People were afraid of contracting the virus, and some individuals may have lacked awareness about the visual status of their children as well as the need to comply with amblyopia treatment. 8 Few studies in the literature have investigated the impact of the COVID-19 curfew on amblyopia treatment in children.…”

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Effect of curfew from the COVID-19 pandemic on amblyopia treatment in children in Saudi Arabia

Bokhary,

Hakami,

El-Hiti

et al. 2023

SAGE Open Medicine

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Background: Amblyopia was defined as a reduction in the best-corrected visual acuity in one or both eyes with the presence of amblyogenic factors. Objective: The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of curfews resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on amblyopia treatment in children. Design: A prospective longitudinal study. Methods: The study was conducted in pediatric ophthalmology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Children aged 3–9 years who underwent amblyopia treatment from September 2020 to May 2021 were recruited. Visual acuity data were collected from the subjects’ record files for the first visits prior to the curfew and from the clinics for the second visits after the curfew had ended. Results: A total of 97 children with amblyopia (strabismic, anisometropic, mixed, and visual deprivation) were included. In all, 15 children did not attend the clinic for follow-up visits after the outbreak of COVID-19. The follow-up visits for most of the participants took place 4–5 months after the first visit. No significant difference in visual acuity in the amblyopic eye was found between the first and second visits ( p > 0.05). No significant correlation was noted between the baseline difference in visual acuity at the first and second visits and the duration of the amblyopia treatment between the two visits. The adjusted model shows a variation of 0.18% according to the duration between the two visits. Conclusion: The findings showed no significant difference in visual acuity in amblyopic eyes between the first and second visits (before and after the COVID-19 curfew), although visual acuity was clinically improved.

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Effect of curfew from the COVID-19 pandemic on amblyopia treatment in children in Saudi Arabia

Bokhary,

Hakami,

El-Hiti

et al. 2023

SAGE Open Medicine

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“…“Pediatric cataract surgery practices in the COVID-19 era: Perspectives of a tertiary care institute in northern India” is an excellent study published by the authors in current issue of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology . [ 3 ] The authors discussed the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the pediatric cataract surgery services in a tertiary care institute in India, as well as the protocol followed for these surgeries. The authors had resumed pediatric cataract surgeries in June 2020 at the time of “Unlock-1” and have discussed the percentage reduction in pediatric cataract surgeries in 2020 during the “Unlock 1, 2, 3, and 4,” as compared to the number of surgeries done by the pediatric ophthalmology unit in the same months last year.…”

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