Surgical Smoke Evacuation During Laparoscopic Surgery

Watson, Donna S.

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2010.06.010

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“…AORN has hosted numerous presentations on surgical smoke hazards and control measures 16‐19 . In addition, several items published in the AORN Journal between our 2007 and 2010 surveys helped raise awareness and provide concrete information regarding surgical smoke 1,20‐25 . Finally, AORN collaboration was an indispensable component in conducting both the 2007 and 2010 surveys.…”

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Comparison of Current and Past Surgical Smoke Control Practices

Edwards¹,

Reiman²

2012

AORN Journal

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In 2010, we teamed with AORN to repeat a simple web-based survey on surgical smoke control practices first conducted in 2007. This survey of AORN members assessed the level of compliance with established surgical smoke control measures (ie, use of wall suction with an in-line particulate filter, use of a smoke evacuator, use of an N95 or other National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved respirator) in various medical specialties and facilities throughout North America, as well as the extent to which compliance rates may have changed since 2007. Survey responses indicate that while the use of wall suction as a control measure has increased for nearly all procedures, progress in the adoption of other control measures has been mixed, with improvement for some procedures, no change for most procedures, and a decrease in compliance for a few procedures.

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Comparison of Current and Past Surgical Smoke Control Practices

Edwards¹,

Reiman²

2012

AORN Journal

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“…2 Short-term exposure to aerosols has been shown to cause eye irritation, nausea, vomiting, headache, sneezing, weakness, and lightheadedness, whereas long-term exposure causes cancer in animals and it is also linked to higher incidence of cancer in humans. 5 An electrosurgery is one of the most commonly used energy systems in transurethral prostate and bladder surgery. During transurethral surgery, surgical smoke is generated when the target tissue is resected and vaporized.…”

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Comparative Safety Analysis of Surgical Smoke From Transurethral Resection of the Bladder Tumors and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

Zhao¹,

Kim²,

Kim³

et al. 2013

Urology

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“…Studies have shown that a large number of harmful chemical components in surgical smoke, such as hydrocarbons, nitriles, organic amines, aldehydes and a small amount of hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde, benzene, DNA(Moot et al, 2007). According to statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about 500,000 people are exposed to surgical smoke annually, including nurses, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and patients (Watson, 2010).…”

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Study on Influencing Factors and Control Strategies of Surgical Smoke Concentration Distribution

Huang

Zhan

et al. 2020

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Paroxysmal fumes during surgical operations endanger the health of medical staff. Special measures for removing surgical smoke are lacking. Article Real-time monitoring of particulate matter concentrations in surgical smoke at different locations under different surgical conditions were explored, and a particulate matter purification control strategy was proposed. The PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in the operating and respiratory zones near the operating table were about 3.0 times more than the specified value, but both surgical procedures met the requirements of PM concentration in the public zone. Therefore, a clean operating room is not clean for medical staff. The smoke produced by the three scalpels resulted in particle sizes of 0.30-2.50 μm in the respiratory zone, and calculate apparent density of powders to be 1.21g cm-3. The surgical smoke produced by the ultrasound scalpel resulted in the highest median PM10 concentration in the operating area. The results show that the smoke produced by different surgical conditions is mainly ultra-fine particles, which are more likely to harm the health of medical staff. A small surgical smoke circulation purification and dust removal system was designed, which could effectively suppress the spread of surgical smoke and reduce the occupational hazards of medical staff. The optimized control plan could significantly reduce the PM2.5 concentration value at measurement point a when the electric knife was turned on by approximately 200.0 %. The PM2.5 concentration of breathing zone was close to 75.0 μg m-3 , which basically met the occupational health requirements. The decrease in the PM2.5 concentration of operating zone was about 50.0 %, but it still exceeded the limit. It had a reference value for the occupational health protection of the firstline medical staff of existing epidemics.

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Surgical Smoke Evacuation During Laparoscopic Surgery

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Comparison of Current and Past Surgical Smoke Control Practices

Comparison of Current and Past Surgical Smoke Control Practices

Comparative Safety Analysis of Surgical Smoke From Transurethral Resection of the Bladder Tumors and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

Study on Influencing Factors and Control Strategies of Surgical Smoke Concentration Distribution

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