Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on glaucoma surgery in German hospitals
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on overall surgical volume, especially in 2020, was substantial but overall moderate and transient. The trend towards minimally invasive procedures and bleb-forming filtration devices accelerated after 2020, resulting in a pronounced decline of classic filtration surgery, such as trabeculectomy.
Authors
- Philip Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5516-2973)
- Thomas Reinhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4937-6936)
- Daniel Böhringer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9042-0508)
- Philip Keye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8307-5267)
- Charlotte Evers
- Stefan J. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-7002)
- Timothy Gläser
- Patrick Thelen
- Jan Lübke
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- St. Franziskus Hospital (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der Havel (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-025-06787-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Retinal and Optic Conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.71