Safety and cost-effectiveness of single-use endolaser probe reprocessing in vitreoretinal surgery.
Leandro Cabral ZachariasLívia da Silva ConciBianca Partezani MegnisJanaina Guerra FalabrettiTaurino Dos Santos Rodrigues NetoEpitácio Dias da Silva NetoRony Carlos PretiLeonardo Proveti CunhaMário Luiz Ribeiro MonteiroPublished in: International journal of retina and vitreous (2021)
Our study showed that a single cycle endolaser probe reprocessing was safe and efficient, not associated with increase in endophthalmitis rate and proved to be significantly cost-effective, even considering a greater malfunction rate when compared to the original devices.