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The patients were divided into two groups. The first group included patients operated on before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and were followed up with physical consultations during their follow-up visit (Group 1). The second group comprised patients operated on during the pandemic and had at least one remote TC during their post-operative follow-up (Group 2).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 1088 eyes of 564 patients and 717 eyes of 372 patients were included in Group 1 and 2, respectively. The mean number of visits for the patients from Group 2 during the COVID period (2.56 +\/- 0.74 days) was significantly lesser (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001) than that of Group 1 in the pre-COVID period (3.53 +\/- 1.07 days). Close to 90% of the eyes achieved an uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) of 20\/20 in both groups (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.925). 96.50% of the eyes in Group 1 and 98.18% of the eyes in Group 2 achieved UCVA 20\/25 or better (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.049). Eight eyes (0.73%) in Group 1 and one eye (0.14%) in Group 2 reported a loss of 2 or more lines. However, the results were not statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.156). None of the groups had any patients who had a sight-threatening complication.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Remote TC following refractive surgery is safe and can be effectively integrated into routine refractive practice to reduce travel to the hospital for a physical consult.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.ijo_313_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,29]],"date-time":"2022-08-29T05:38:02Z","timestamp":1661751482000},"page":"3272-3277","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Impact of teleconsultation on visual and refractive outcomes in patients undergoing laser refractive surgery during COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"70","author":[{"given":"Vivek M","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vidhyadhar","family":"Akkulugari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jagadesh C","family":"Reddy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pratik Y","family":"Gogri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pravin Krishna","family":"Vaddavalli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cataract and Refractive Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"},{"name":"The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"B2-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1316","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.IJO_1509_20","article-title":"Tele-consultations in the wake of COVID-19-Suggested guidelines for clinical ophthalmology","volume":"68","author":"Jayadev","year":"2020","journal-title":"Indian J Ophthalmol"},{"key":"B3-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"312","DOI":"10.1136\/bjophthalmol-2019-314161","article-title":"Implementation of a cloud-based referral platform in ophthalmology:Making telemedicine services a reality in eye care","volume":"104","author":"Kern","year":"2020","journal-title":"Br J Ophthalmol"},{"key":"B4-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e100179","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjhci-2020-100179","article-title":"Creating the Moorfields'virtual eye casualty:Video consultations to provide emergency teleophthalmology care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic","volume":"27","author":"Kilduff","year":"2020","journal-title":"BMJ Health Care Inform"},{"key":"B5-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1007","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.IJO_1089_20","article-title":"Tele-consultations and electronic medical records driven remote patient care:Responding to the COVID-19 lockdown in India","volume":"68","author":"Das","year":"2020","journal-title":"Indian J Ophthalmol"},{"key":"B6-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"714","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.IJO_2935_20","article-title":"Impact of teleophthalmology during COVID-19 lockdown in a tertiary care center in South India","volume":"69","author":"Ravindran","year":"2021","journal-title":"Indian J Ophthalmol"},{"key":"B7-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1381","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.IJO_1658_20","article-title":"Teleconsultation at a tertiary care government medical university during COVID-19 lockdown in India - 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