How to minimize airborne droplet contamination while performing laparoscopy in the COVID‐19 era.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Birch, Benjamin; Luo, Yuchen; Dhir, Arun
- Source
- ANZ Journal of Surgery. Dec2020, Vol. 90 Issue 12, p2559-2560. 2p.
- Subject
- *PNEUMOPERITONEUM
*COVID-19
*INSUFFLATION
*LAPAROSCOPY
*SURGICAL smoke
*LAPAROSCOPIC surgery
*CARBON dioxide lasers
- Language
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
We describe a safe technique for controlled deflation of pneumoperitoneum to facilitate safe laparoscopic surgery in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The presence of aerosolized droplets during open and laparoscopic surgery has been reported, with a presumed increased risk of transmissible infection.1-3 The exact transmission risk of COVID-19 during laparoscopic surgery is not known.1 Despite this, risk minimization strategies are important to help reduce the risk to operating room staff. Laparoscopic Surgery: Reducing risk of droplet infection at Laparoscopic Surgery in the COVID Era. [Extracted from the article]