Aerosols, airflow, and airspace contamination during laparoscopy.

ABSTRACT: Laparoscopic surgery has been undermined throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by concerns that it may generate an infectious risk to the operating team through aerosolization of peritoneal particles. There is anyway a need for increased awareness and understanding of the occupational hazard for surgical teams regarding unfiltered escape of pollutants generated by surgical smoke and other microbials. Here, the aerosol-generating nature of this access modality was confirmed through repeatable real-time methodology both qualitatively and quantitively to inform best practice and additional engineering solutions to optimize the operating room environment.

SUBMITTER: Hardy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8083507 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature