Prevalence of HPV infections in surgical smoke exposed gynecologists.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been reported recently in surgical smoke generated by gynecological operations. The objective of this study was to investigate whether gynecologists who have performed electrosurgery including loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP), are at risk of acquiring HPV DNA through surgical smoke.

Methods

A related questionnaire was designed and 700 gynecologist nasal swab samples were collected in 67 hospitals. In addition, the flow fluorescence hybridization technique was used to detect HPV DNA, and the Chi-square test was applied to analyze whether related risk factors including electrical surgery, were correlated with HPV infection in surgeons' nasal epithelial cells.

Results

The HPV infection rate in the nasal epithelial c

SUBMITTER: Hu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826298 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature