Changing trends in ocular trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

Background/aims The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a decline in emergency department (ED) presentations for trauma. The purpose of this study is to compare the estimated number and characteristics of eye injuries in 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, to those in 2011–2019. Methods A stratified probability sample of US ED-treated eye injuries was used to calculate the estimated annual number and incidence of these injuries in...