Ventilated Upper Airway Endoscopic Endonasal Procedure Mask: Surgical Safety in the COVID-19 Era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 poses a risk to the endoscopic skull base surgeon. Significant efforts to improving safety have been employed, including the use of personal protective equipment, preoperative COVID-19 testing, and recently the use of a modified surgical mask barrier.

Objective

To reduce the risks of pathogen transmission during endoscopic skull base surgery.

Methods

This study was exempt from Institutional Review Board approval. Our study utilizes a 3-dimensional (3D)-printed mask with an anterior aperture fitted with a surgical glove with ports designed to allow for surgical instrumentation and side ports to accommodate suction ventilation and an endotracheal tube. As an alternative, a modified laparoscopic surgery trocar served as a port for instruments, and, on

SUBMITTER: Helman SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7534784 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature