CHICAGO — The rate of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery among people aged 65 years or older increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poster presented here.
“ISBCS rates increased significantly during this period, possibly due to COVID-related precautions and restrictions,” Muhammad Ali, MBBS, said at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Ali and colleagues collected immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) data from 100% Medicare fee-for-service claims from July 2018 to September 2019 for the pre-pandemic group and from July