Legal obligation in the general population: face mask influence on endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection.
Jonas NeubauerKonstantinos GklavasFriederike KortümMariya GoshevaKarl Ulrich Bartz-SchmidtFocke ZiemssenPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2022)
Although some potential confounders (wearing time, skin flora) could not be considered, there was no clear signal that the introduction of compulsory face masking in public life did alter the risk for PIE in our patient population. Three and six months after PIE, no difference in visual acuity was detectable between the two study periods.