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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 168-174 |
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Impact of COVID-19-related lockdown on retinal disorders treated with intravitreal injections
Manpreet Brar1, Satinder Pal Singh Grewal2, Dilraj S Grewal1, Mansi Sharma1, Mangat Ram Dogra1
1 Department of Retina, Grewal Eye Institute, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Manpreet Brar
Department of Retina, Grewal Eye Institute, SCO: 168-169, Sector 9C, Chandigarh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_74_21
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PURPOSE: To study functional changes in vision and morphological changes on optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans in patients where intravitreal therapy (IVT) with injections has been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional study included 77 eyes with the diagnosis of exudative age-related macular degeneration (eAMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), and retinal vein occlusion (RVO), regularly receiving IVT with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF) injections or dexamethasone implant and were not able to receive the injections as intended due to lockdown. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central foveal thickness (CFT), and qualitative morphological features on OCT were analyzed pre- and post-therapy break off.
RESULTS: The mean duration of IVT break-off was 57 days. Mean BCVA logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) worsened from 0.33 (20/42) to 0.35 (40/44) (P = 0.02) and mean CFT increased from 297.90 μm to 402.16 μm (P < 0.01), from pretherapy break-off to return visit. Worsening of the visual acuity was seen across all the three disease cohorts, significantly more in the eyes with eAMD.
CONCLUSION: Marginal decline in the visual acuity and worsening of the OCT features were observed as a result of delay in the IVT injections of DME, eAMD and RVO patients.
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