Local adaptation of laparoscopic smoke evacuator in COVID-19 pandemic situation

© 2020 Asia Endosurgery Task Force and Japan Society of Endoscopic Surgery and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

The pandemic of COVID-19 has been a game changer in many aspects of medical care, including laparoscopic surgery service. Uncertainty in the early pandemic has led to the fear of doing laparoscopic surgery with regard to the possibility of SARS-COV-2 transmission through surgical smoke. We carried out laparoscopic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with intention to test our local adaptation of a laparoscopic smoke evacuator. Twenty-five laparoscopic cases for digestive surgery were performed with uneventful results. In summary, a low cost local adaptation of laparoscopic smoke and safe surgical behavior should be the standard of care when delivering laparoscopic surgery service in the pandemic era and forward.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Asian journal of endoscopic surgery - 14(2021), 3 vom: 21. Juli, Seite 620-623

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nugroho, Adianto [VerfasserIn]
Saunar, Rofi [VerfasserIn]
Lalisang, Toar J M [VerfasserIn]
Wiradisuria, Errawan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Laparoscopic
Smoke
Smoke evacuator

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Date Completed 03.08.2021

Date Revised 03.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ases.12890

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317142232