CHICAGO — Shelter-in-place orders used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 decreased visual acuity improvements for patients with retinal detachments, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
In a retrospective chart review, Rebecca Chen, MD, and colleagues studied eye-specific emergency room visits at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, comparing pre-pandemic data accrued from March 25 to May 19, 2019, with data from March 23 to May 17, 2020, when shelter-in-place orders were active.
Retinal detachment constituted the greatest number of emergencies in