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Comment
. 2021 Apr;35(4):1282-1283.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-1056-0. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Delayed presentation and increased prevalence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments presenting during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Mary Awad  1 , Ali Poostchi  1 , Gavin Orr  1 , Dharmalingam Kumudhan  1 , Anwar Zaman  1 , Craig Wilde  2
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Delayed presentation and increased prevalence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments presenting during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Mary Awad et al. Eye (Lond). 2021 Apr.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Line chart showing the percentage of newly presenting rhegmatogenous retinal detachments that have proliferative vitreoretinopathy (blue line).
Data are plotted for each month, covering the period of study between 23/10/19 until 19/5/20. The vertical red line indicates the time point at which the United Kingdom lockdown was officially announced (23/3/20). Following this date, a spike in the prevalence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy is clearly seen among newly presenting retinal detachments, p = 0.0471.
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