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Low‐cost, safe, and effective smoke evacuation device for surgical procedures in the COVID‐19 age
Author(s) -
Andrade Wesley Pereira,
Gonçalves Graziella Galvão,
Medeiros Luciana Cortelazzi,
Araujo Danielle Cristina Miyamoto,
Pereira Gisele Tolaini Gomes,
Moraes Daniela Martins Pereira,
Spencer Ranyell M.S.S.B.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.26133
Subject(s) - medicine , smoke , surgery , surgical team , waste management , engineering
Background Smoke is generated by energy‐based surgical instruments. The airborne by‐products may have potential health implications. Methods We developed a simple way to use de conventional surgical evacuator coupled with de electrosurgical pen attached to a 14G bladder catheter for open surgery. It was used in ten prospective patients with breast cancer. Results We notice a high reduction in surgical smoke during all breast surgery. A questionnaire was used for all participants of the surgery to answer the impression that they had about the device. The subjective impression was that the surgical smoke in contact whit the surgical team was reduced by more than 95%. Conclusions Surgical smoke is the gaseous by‐product produced by heat‐generating devices in various surgical procedures. Surgical smoke may contain chemicals particles, bacteria, and viruses that are harmful and increase the risk of infection for surgeons and all the team in the operation room due to long term exposure of smoke mainly in coronavirus disease 2019 age. The adapted device described is a very simple and cheaper way to use smoke evacuators attached with the monopolar electrosurgical pen to reduce smoke exposure to the surgical team worldwide.