Incidence of post vitrectomy endophthalmitis in India - A multicentric study by VRSI study Group.
Payal Naresh ShahDivyansh K MishraMahesh P ShanmugamManisha AgarwalPradeep SusvarAlok C SenRajesh RamanjuluVivek DaveVeerapan SaravananNaresh Babu KannanTushar SinhaManavi D SindalSimar Rajan SinghMadhu Kumar RajannaApoorva G AyachitAditya MaitrayNaresh Kumar YadavDivya BalakrishnanEesh NigamRitesh NarulaSyed M A KhadarNeelam AtriSangeet MittalHemanth MurthyPrabhu Shanker MahalingamGopal S PillaiManish NagpalJaydeep WalinjkarVishali GuptaAbhishek Kotharinull nullPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2023)
PVE rates are not significantly different in India despite the multiuse of single use instruments. The purpose of this paper is not to suggest an alternate protocol but to creating one in the future with these results in mind, to rationalise the use of single use instruments, make VR surgery more affordable and also have a positive impact on the carbon footprint of consumables in surgery.