Impact of Covid-19 on Pediatric Ophthalmology Care: Lessons Learned.

The COVID-19 pandemic came with many new challenges that forced personal and professional lifestyle modifications. Medical facilities were in scarcity against this new unknown enemy and were challenged with the overloaded patient flow, scarcity of healthcare staff, and evolving treatment modalities with a better understanding of the virus each day. Ophthalmology as a "branch of medicine" suffered challenges initially because of a lack of guidelines for patient management, close working distance during routine examinations, and halt of major surgeries, including cataracts.

Access to eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic, India.

Objective: To study the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on outpatient visits to eye care facilities in south India.

Methods: We used data on 7.69 million outpatient visits to primary (i.

Can preoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography predict posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification in patients with posterior polar cataract?

Purpose: To determine whether preoperative assessment of posterior capsule integrity using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) can predict posterior capsule dehiscence in patients with posterior polar cataract having phacoemulsification.

Setting: Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry, India.

Design: Prospective observational study.