Two-drape closed pocket technique: minimizing aerosolization in mastoid exploration during COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Mastoidectomy is associated with extensive bone-drilling which makes it a major aerosol generating procedure. Considering the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, it is essential to devise methods to minimize aerosolization and hence ensure safety of the healthcare workers during the operat...

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Autores principales: Das, Arindam, Mitra, Sandipta, Kumar, Soutrik, Sengupta, Arunabha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32914255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06353-5
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description BACKGROUND: Mastoidectomy is associated with extensive bone-drilling which makes it a major aerosol generating procedure. Considering the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, it is essential to devise methods to minimize aerosolization and hence ensure safety of the healthcare workers during the operative procedure. METHODS: Two disposable surgical drapes are used to create a closed pocket prior to commencement of mastoid bone-drilling. This limits aerosolization of bone-dust in the external operating theatre environment. CONCLUSION: Two-drape closed pocket technique is an easy, cost-effective and safe method to limit aerosolization of tissue particles during mastoidectomy. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00405-020-06353-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-74830412020-09-11 Two-drape closed pocket technique: minimizing aerosolization in mastoid exploration during COVID-19 pandemic Das, Arindam Mitra, Sandipta Kumar, Soutrik Sengupta, Arunabha Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol How I do it BACKGROUND: Mastoidectomy is associated with extensive bone-drilling which makes it a major aerosol generating procedure. Considering the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, it is essential to devise methods to minimize aerosolization and hence ensure safety of the healthcare workers during the operative procedure. METHODS: Two disposable surgical drapes are used to create a closed pocket prior to commencement of mastoid bone-drilling. This limits aerosolization of bone-dust in the external operating theatre environment. CONCLUSION: Two-drape closed pocket technique is an easy, cost-effective and safe method to limit aerosolization of tissue particles during mastoidectomy. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00405-020-06353-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-09-10 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7483041/ /pubmed/32914255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06353-5 Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_short Two-drape closed pocket technique: minimizing aerosolization in mastoid exploration during COVID-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483041/
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