Air jets from the superior edge of the mask radiate toward the eyes, contaminating the surgical field. Patients wearing face masks during intravitreal injections may be at a higher risk of endophthalmitis, according to a study.
“Rather than provide an extra protection, as we would think from the lesson learned from COVID-19, they could represent a risk during ocular procedures,” Amir Hadayer, MD, told Healio/OSN.
Hadayer and colleagues at Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with Tel-Aviv University in Israel, used thermal cameras to show that face masks deviate exhaled air toward the
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