Particle Size Distributions in Surgical Smoke Generated by Advanced Energy Devices: A Meaningful Perspective From an Experimental Study in the Time of COVID-19

Ann Surg. 2021 May 1;273(5):e168-e170. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004807.

Authors

Akihiro Kondo¹, Yusuke Watanabe², Minoru Ishida², Yasuyuki Suzuki¹, Satoshi Hirano²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

PMID: 33824251
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004807

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants, Occupational / analysis*
Animals
COVID-19 / transmission
Cattle
Liver / surgery
Mesentery / surgery
Operating Rooms*
Particle Size*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Smoke / analysis*
Surgical Instruments*
Ultrasonics

Substances

Air Pollutants, Occupational
Smoke