COVID-19 pandemic impact on ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital
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Peng-Yi Zhou and Xue-Min Jin. Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China. zhoupengyi2008@163.com; jinxuemin@zzu.edu.cn

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81800832; No.81970792; No.8217040); Medical Science and Technology Project of Health Commission of Henan Province (No.YXKC2020026).

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    AIM: To analyze the impact of the coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the presentation and characteristics of patients hospitalized for ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital in China between 2019 and 2020. METHODS: A retrospective case study was designed to collect information on all cases of ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital from 2019 to 2020 and compare differences in inpatients’ data (age, sex, admission vision acuity, type of diagnosis, hospital stays, mechanism of injury and location of injury). RESULTS: The total number of patients admitted to the Ophthalmology Department was 883 (mean 73.58±11.25 patients per month) in 2019 and 714 (59.50±17.92 patients per month) in 2020. The injury number of in work was also the most within the four types of location in this two year (42.36% in 2019, 43.84% in 2020). The mean hospital stays were 12.66d in 2019 and 10.81d in 2020. The highest incidence of ocular trauma was the middle-aged (41-65y) groups in 2019 and 2020. The most common cause of ocular trauma was sharp object in 2019 (47.34%) and 2020 (47.58%). The mechanical ocular trauma reaches 98.98% in 2019 and 99.72% in 2020. CONCLUSION: The number of patients with ocular trauma decreased in 2020, but middle-aged (41-65y) are still high incident groups. Mechanical ocular trauma remains the leading cause of hospitalization for ocular trauma patients and the proportion of patients injured at home increases. It is necessary to arouse social attention and the public’s awareness of eye trauma protection should be strengthened during the pandemic.

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You-Mei Xu, Li-Ping Du, Ya-Dan Huo, et al. COVID-19 pandemic impact on ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital. Int J Ophthalmol, 2023,16(1):16-21

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  • Received:August 09,2022
  • Revised:October 24,2022
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  • Online: December 23,2022
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