The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it

BACKGROUND: Otolaryngologists are faced with concerning challenges since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic due to significant risk of occupational infection. Transmission can happen during intraoperative exposure to viral particles carried by droplets or aerosols. Endoscopic s...

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Autores principales: Tsagkovits, Aikaterini, Ioannidis, Dimitrios, Rokade, Ashok
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/PMC7591691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33112982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06441-6
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description BACKGROUND: Otolaryngologists are faced with concerning challenges since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic due to significant risk of occupational infection. Transmission can happen during intraoperative exposure to viral particles carried by droplets or aerosols. Endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery are notable for causing aerosolisation, putting healthcare staff at substantial risk. METHOD: We describe the creation of a tight-seal tent from a microscope drape covering the operative field and the operator’s hands with the aim to contain aerosols during transnasal endoscopic surgery. CONCLUSION: The microscope drape technique is a simple barrier measure that could potentially improve safety during endoscopic procedures.
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spelling pubmed-75916912020-10-28 The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it Tsagkovits, Aikaterini Ioannidis, Dimitrios Rokade, Ashok Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol How I do it BACKGROUND: Otolaryngologists are faced with concerning challenges since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic due to significant risk of occupational infection. Transmission can happen during intraoperative exposure to viral particles carried by droplets or aerosols. Endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery are notable for causing aerosolisation, putting healthcare staff at substantial risk. METHOD: We describe the creation of a tight-seal tent from a microscope drape covering the operative field and the operator’s hands with the aim to contain aerosols during transnasal endoscopic surgery. CONCLUSION: The microscope drape technique is a simple barrier measure that could potentially improve safety during endoscopic procedures. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-10-28 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7591691/ /pubmed/33112982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06441-6 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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Rokade, Ashok
The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title_full The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title_fullStr The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title_full_unstemmed The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title_short The microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the COVID era. How i do it
title_sort microscope drape method to reduce aerosolisation during endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery in the covid era. how i do it
topic How I do it
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33112982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06441-6
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