Cost-Effective Filtrating Suction to Evacuate Surgical Smoke in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
; 30(5): e28-e29, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-518295
ABSTRACT
The wide and fast spread of COVID-19 around the world has led to a dramatic increase in the need for protection products both for carers and for populations. Surgical team protection includes a systematic screening of patients, wearing protection devices by all the operating staff, and adequate management of aerosols. The risk of aerosol dispersal is particularly high during laparoscopic and robotic surgeries due to the interaction between circulating CO2 and surgical smoke that may contain small viral particles. To decrease the risk of virus transmission, many recommendations have been implemented including the use of integrated insufflation devices comprising smoke evacuation and filtration mode. Such devices are lacking in many centers around the world and to overcome this urgent unmet need, we designed a cost-effective filtrating suction as a more readily available alternative.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Smoke
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Laparoscopy
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Coronavirus Infections
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Robotic Surgical Procedures
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
Journal subject:
Diagnostic Imaging
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Gastroenterology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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