Table 2.
Total number of surgical procedures performed over the two year period with the pre-pandemic and pandemic numbers included
| Region | Total number of surgeries n |
Pre-pandemic number of surgical procedures n, % of total (95%CI) |
Pandemic number of surgical procedures n, % of total (95%CI) |
p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 26 357 | 17 415 (66.1) [65.5–66.7] | 8942 (33.9) [33.4–34.5] | < 0.001 |
| West Africa | 7701 | 4433 (57.6) [56.5–58.7] | 3241 (40.0) [40.9–43.2] | < 0.001 |
| St Thomas Eye Hospital (Accra, Ghana) | 1565 | 1063 (67.5) [65.6–70.2] | 502 (22.5) [29.8–34.4] | < 0.001 |
| Federal Medical Centre (Asaba, Nigeria) | 388 | 222 (57.2) [52.3–62.1] | 166 (21.8) [37.9–47.7] | 0.005 |
| Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (Enugu, Nigeria) | 661 | 500 (75.6) [72.4–78.9] | 161 (24.4) [21.1–27.6] | < 0.001 |
| Eye Foundations Hospital (Lagos, Nigeria) | 2816 | 1432 (50.1) [49.0–52.7] | 1384 (49.9) [47.3–51.0] | 0.366 |
| The Eye Specialists Hospital (Enugu, Nigeria) | 756 | 335 (44.3) [40.8–47.9] | 421 (55.7) [52.1–59.2] | 0.002 |
| University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (Ilorin, Nigeria) | 1132 | 721 (63.7) [60.9–66.5] | 411 (36.3) [33.5–39.1] | < 0.001 |
| Usmanu Danfodiyo University Hospital (Sokoto, Nigeria) | 383 | 160 (41.8) [36.8–46.7] | 223 (58.2) [53.3–63.2] | 0.001 |
| Central Africa | 3777 | 2452 (64.9) [63.4–66.4] | 1325 (35.1) [33.6–35.6] | < 0.001 |
| Yaounde Gynaeco-obstetric and paediatric hospital (Yaounde, Cameroon) | 172 | 93 (54.1) [46.6–61.5] | 79 (45.9) [38.5–53.4] | 0.286 |
| Yaounde Central Hospital (Yaounde, Cameroon) | 266 | 165 (62.0) [56.2–67.9] | 101 (38.0) [32.1–43.8] | < 0.001 |
| Magrabi Eye Institute (Yaounde, Cameroon) | 3339 | 2194 (65.7) [64.1–67.3] | 1145 (34.3) [32.7–35.9] | < 0.001 |
| East Africa | 565 | 353 (62.5) [58.5–66.5] | 212 (37.5) [33.5–41.5] | < 0.001 |
| Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (Dodoma, Tanzania) | 565 | 353 (62.5) [58.5–66.5] | 212 (37.5) [33.5–41.5] | < 0.001 |
| Southern Africa | 14 314 | 10 177 (71.1) [70.4–71.8] | 4137 (28.9) [28.2–29.6] | < 0.001 |
| St John Eye Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) | 5074 | 3532 (69.6) [68.3–70.9] | 1542 (30.4) [29.1–31.7] | < 0.001 |
| Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Unit, Paririnyetwa Hospital (Harare, Zimbabwe) | 1979 | 1487 (75.1) [73.2–77.0] | 492 (24.9) [23.0–26.8] | < 0.001 |
| Tshwane District Hospital (Tshwane, South Africa) | 827 | 827 (100) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |
| Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) | 3580 | 2514 (70.2) [68.7–71.7] | 1066 (29.8) [31.3–28.3] | < 0.001 |
| Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital (Gqeberha, South Africa) | 1808 | 1231 (68.1) [65.9–70.2] | 577 (31.9) [29.8–34.1] | < 0.001 |
| Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital (Maputo, Mozambique) | 1046 | 586 (56.0) [53.0–59.0] | 460 (44.0) [41.0–47.0] | < 0.001 |
aOne sample proportions test