Open AccessPersonal protective equipment use in laparoscopy during COVID-19
Author(s) -
Kaushik Bhattacharya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_111_20
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , medicine , laparoscopy , covid-19 , pandemic , surgery , breathing , anesthesia , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
COVID-19 pandemic mandates all the laparoscopic surgeons to don the personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent getting infected in the operation theatre. PPE has few inherent problems which makes the surgery extremely challenging for all the surgeons. Dehydration and profuse sweating along with breathing difficulty due to N95 mask with PPE increases the chances of committing surgical error during laparoscopy.