Suowang Zhou, Chloe Mengdi Chen, Chong Shen, Hui Liu, Jianheng Liang, Lijing Zhou, Haokun Qu, Xu Chen
PURPOSE: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a worldwide private ophthalmic practice. DESIGN: In this retrospective study, we reviewed the 2020 monthly outpatient and surgical volume of refractive, cataract, and retinal disease in Aier Eye clinics/hospitals of different regions, including the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and six major cities in China (Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Urumqi and Yili). All of these data were compared to those of the same period of 2019...
February 29, 2024: Heliyon