Vitrectomy as an Aerosol generating Procedure in the time of COVID-19: The VAPOR Study

Mali Okada,David Cordeiro Sousa,David Fabinyi,Xavier Hadoux,Thomas L. Edwards,Karl D. Brown,Daniel Chiu,Rosie C. H. Dawkins,Penelope J. Allen,Jonathan Yeoh,Peter van Wijngaarden

Vitrectomy as an Aerosol generating Procedure in the time of COVID-19: The VAPOR Study

2020

Mali Okada
David Cordeiro Sousa
David Fabinyi
Xavier Hadoux
Thomas L. Edwards
Karl D. Brown
Daniel Chiu
Rosie C. H. Dawkins
Penelope J. Allen
Jonathan Yeoh
Peter van Wijngaarden

Abstract Aerosolization during vitrectomy surgery was assessed by measuring fluorescein droplet spread in the surgical field and airborne particle counts. This study demonstrates that valved-port vitrectomy surgery under regional anesthesia is not likely to be an aerosol generating procedure.

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Vitrectomy
airborne particle
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Ophthalmology
Aerosol
Environmental science
regional anesthesia
Coronavirus disease 2019
Aerosolization
2019 20 coronavirus outbreak

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