Open AccessPreoperative COVID-19 testing for elective vitreoretinal surgeries: Experience from a major tertiary care institute in South India
Author(s) -
Naresh Babu Kannan,
Sagnik Sen,
Harshavardhan Reddy,
Karthik Kumar,
Renu P Rajan,
Kim Ramasamy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2870_20
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , tertiary care , elective surgery , observational study , covid-19 , health care , pandemic , surgery , pediatrics , general surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
To study the prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 virus infection (COVID-19) among patients undergoing elective vitreoretinal surgeries at a tertiary care eye hospital.