Guidelines for the management of ocular trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov;68(11):2483-2485. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1892_20.

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, India is recording a very high number of new cases daily; even as the country prepares to gradually "unlock", after months of lockdown. While elective eye surgeries such as uncomplicated cataract surgeries, blepharoplasty and eyelid procedures and refractive surgeries can be planned at a later date; emergency cases pertaining to ocular trauma cannot be deferred. This manuscript gives a brief overview of the general guidelines for the management of ocular trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Blunt trauma; coronavirus; ophthalmic trauma; traumatic cataract.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Eye Injuries / surgery*
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / standards*
  • Pandemics*
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Respiratory Protective Devices
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery