Changing trends of ocular trauma in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

doi:10.1038/s41433-020-0933-x

. 2020 Jul;34(7):1248-1250.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0933-x. Epub 2020 May 6.

Changing trends of ocular trauma in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

Marco Pellegrini¹, Matilde Roda², Natalie Di Geronimo², Enrico Lupardi², Giuseppe Giannaccare³, Costantino Schiavi²

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¹ Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. marco.pellegrini@hotmail.it.
² Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.

PMID: 32376977
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DOI: 10.1038/s41433-020-0933-x

Changing trends of ocular trauma in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

Marco Pellegrini et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;34(7):1248-1250.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0933-x. Epub 2020 May 6.

Authors

Marco Pellegrini¹, Matilde Roda², Natalie Di Geronimo², Enrico Lupardi², Giuseppe Giannaccare³, Costantino Schiavi²

Affiliations

¹ Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. marco.pellegrini@hotmail.it.
² Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.

PMID: 32376977
PMCID: PMC7202459
DOI: 10.1038/s41433-020-0933-x

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**Fig. 1. Number of eye injuries in the 2019 study period (from 10th March 2019 to 10th April, 2019) and 2020 study period (from 10th March 2020 to 10th April 2020).**
(a) Eye injuries categorized by age. (b) Eye injuries categorized by sex. (c) Eye injuries categorized by mechanism of trauma. (d) Eye injuries categorized as minor or major injuries.

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