WAILEA, Hawaii — While ophthalmologists internalize the lessons learned from the worst months of the pandemic in 2020, there is room for optimism that practice numbers are returning to pre-COVID levels.
Sixty-seven percent of survey respondents at Hawaiian Eye 2021 said they believed cataract surgery volume would return to 2019 levels within 0 to 12 months, and 24% said it would take 12 to 24 months.
The early months of the pandemic created a “gap year” for patient recalls in 2021, James D. Dawes, MHA, CMPE, COE, and Bill Rabourn, said in a presentation on ophthalmology