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Wu PY, Fung AT, Dave VP, Iu LPL, Sjahreza E, Chaikitmongkol V, Sivagurunathan PD, Ahn J, Misra DK, Wong CW, Chou HD. COVID-19 reduced scleral buckling training in fellows and shifted young ophthalmologists' preference toward vitrectomy: An Asia-Pacific survey. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2023; 51:585-597. [PMID: 37170410 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND To assess rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) surgery trends and training among young ophthalmologists (YOs, vitreoretinal fellows or attendings/consultants with ≤10 years of independent practice) and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS An anonymous online survey was completed by 117 YOs in the Asia-Pacific regarding their RRD surgery experiences in 2021-2022. RESULTS To achieve a 90% probability of surgical competency, 91 vitrectomy and 34 scleral buckling (SB) completions during fellowship were needed. In total, 49 (41.9%) YOs had fellowship affected by COVID-19. In the COVID versus pre-COVID era, however, the volume of SB completions per fellowship year decreased significantly (median [IQR] 3.3 [1.5, 9] vs. 13 [6.5, 23]; p < 0.001) and was lower than the required volume to achieve competency. YOs were less confident in conducting SB versus vitrectomy (3.5 ± 1.1 vs. 4.2 ± 0.8, p < 0.001), and they reported a decrease in the proportion of SB (-3.1%, p = 0.047) and an increase in the proportion of vitrectomy (+4.8%, p < 0.001) after the pandemic outbreak. Apart from RRD clinical characteristics, surgical confidence is among the main factors that affect surgical method decisions. During the pandemic, more YOs may have avoided SB due to the need for general anaesthesia, leading to longer surgical time and risk of viral transmission during intubation/extubation. CONCLUSIONS SB surgical exposure is suboptimal in most fellowship programs in the 11 Asia-Pacific countries/regions we surveyed and further declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. YOs are less confident in performing SB, leading to a trend toward primary vitrectomy since the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- Po-Yi Wu
- Department of Medical Education, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Specialty of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Malaysian Ministry of Health, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Vitreo-Retina Services, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Wu PY, Chou HD, Hwang YS, Kang EYC, Chen YH, Liu L, Chen KJ, Wu WC, Chen HC. Surgical decisions and outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Data from a tertiary referral center in Taiwan. Indian J Ophthalmol 2023; 71:2548-2554. [PMID: 37322678 PMCID: PMC10417975 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2513_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Purpose To assess changes in surgical decisions and outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary center in Taiwan. Methods Patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) or scleral buckling (SB) for primary RRD during Taiwan's first wave of domestic COVID-19 cases surge between May and July 2021 (COVID cohort, n = 100) were compared to controls in the closest pre-COVID year, 2019 (pre-COVID cohort, n = 121). Results The COVID cohort had significantly worse RRD presentation, received more PPV (alone or combined with SB (PPV + SB)) and less SB alone, and had comparable single-surgery anatomic success (SSAS) rates. In patients who underwent PPV, more underwent PPV + SB instead of PPV alone. The decision to combine SB in PPV surgery was significantly affected by the COVID pandemic (odds ratio [OR], 3.1860 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.1487-8.8361]). However, a shorter duration of symptoms before the first presentation (0.9857 [95% CI, 0.9720-0.9997]) was the only factor related to SSAS, whereas the surgical method had no association. The SSAS rate remained close to or over 90% in patients with a duration of symptoms before surgery ≤4 weeks but dropped to 83.3% in patients with duration >4 weeks. Conclusion During the COVID-19 pandemic, worse RRD presentations led to a shift in preference for PPV over SB alone as the primary surgery. The pandemic affected surgeons' decision to combine SB during PPV. Nevertheless, SSAS was only associated with the duration of symptoms but not with surgical methods.
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- Po-Yi Wu
- Department of Medical Education, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Jen-Ai Hospital, Dali Branch, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Taiwan Center for Tissue Engineering, Department of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chiku Y, Hirano T, Hoshiyama K, Iesato Y, Murata T. Impact of local COVID-19 alert levels on rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2023; 67:255-263. [PMID: 36795332 PMCID: PMC9932397 DOI: 10.1007/s10384-023-00980-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the impact of the local alert levels regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the clinical patterns of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in Japan. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective, single-center, consecutive case series. METHODS We compared two groups of RRD patients, a COVID-19 pandemic group and a control group. Based on the local alert levels in Nagano, five periods during the COVID-19 pandemic were further analyzed: epidemic 1 (state of emergency), inter-epidemic 1, epidemic 2 (second epidemic duration), inter-epidemic 2, and epidemic 3 (third epidemic duration). Patients' characteristics, including symptoms' duration before visiting our hospital, macula status, and retinal detachment (RD) recurrence rate in each period, were compared with those in a control group. RESULTS There were 78 patients in the pandemic group and 208 in the control group. The pandemic group had a longer duration of symptoms than the control group (12.0 ± 13.5 days vs. 8.9 ± 14.7 days, P = 0.0045). During the epidemic 1 period, patients had a higher rate of macula-off RRD (71.4% vs. 48.6%) and RD recurrence (28.6% vs. 4.8%) than the control group. This period also demonstrated the highest rates compared to all other periods in the pandemic group. CONCLUSION During the COVID-19 pandemic, RRD patients significantly delayed visiting a surgical facility. They showed a higher rate of macula-off and recurrence compared to the control group during the state of emergency than during other periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the difference was not statistically significant due to the small sample size.
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- Yoshiaki Chiku
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Nagano, Japan.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Nagano, Japan
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Jung JJ, Chang JS, Oellers PR, Ali MH, Do BK, Tseng JJ, Roizenblatt R, Muni RH, Weng CY, Oakey ZB, Tsao SW, Rofagha S, Chan X, Hoang QV. Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Retinal Detachment: A Multicenter Experience. Ophthalmol Retina 2022; 6:638-641. [PMID: 35144021 PMCID: PMC8820022 DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this retrospective, multicenter study of 261 eyes (259 patients), patients who underwent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) post-lockdown period experienced an additional 22-day delay, leading to significantly more epiretinal membrane and proliferative vitreoretinopathy and lower single-surgery anatomic success rates. During lockdown, perfluoropropane gas was used more commonly, and pneumatic retinopexy was used more commonly in COVID-19–positive patients.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Retina Group of Washington, Fairfax, Virginia
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- Retina Associates of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Medical Consultants of Southern California, Rancho Cucamonga, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Irvine, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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