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An Unmet Need: Surgical Gloves with Variable Finger Lengths

Sterile gloves are essential for plastic surgery, but little research has been published on glove fit. Sterile gloves are produced by all manufacturers, with finger lengths fixed for all sizes. Many wearers have fingers that are shorter or longer than usual, causing functional limitations due to inc...

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Autores principales: Rudolph, Ross, Chopra, Christina, Van Etten, Susan, Glaser, Dale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004354
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Chopra, Christina
Van Etten, Susan
Glaser, Dale
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description Sterile gloves are essential for plastic surgery, but little research has been published on glove fit. Sterile gloves are produced by all manufacturers, with finger lengths fixed for all sizes. Many wearers have fingers that are shorter or longer than usual, causing functional limitations due to incorrect glove finger length and fingertip fit. METHODS: A multiquestion confidential electronic survey of glove finger length fit was sent to 6810 plastic surgery glove wearers from three organizations: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses, and Association of Plastic Surgery Physician Assistants. Data were collected for this descriptive study in 2020–2021, and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (version 27). Sample gloves from six brands were directly measured for finger length. RESULTS: The survey yielded 500 responses, with some respondents not answering all questions. The response rate from American Society of Plastic Surgeons members was 8.2%, and was 7.3% from all groups combined. The most common reason for glove finger length dissatisfaction was fingers being too long (41.61%). Although there was variation in measured glove finger lengths, the variation was not uniform. Of all responders, 28.6% were very likely, and 16.16%, moderately likely, to want to use gloves with longer or shorter fingers if available, constituting a total of 44. 76%. Of these, 36.55% would pay increased cost (10%–25%) for such gloves. CONCLUSIONS: A high percentage of glove users would want gloves with variable finger lengths. Current surgical gloves do not support hand anatomy variations.
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spelling pubmed-91486952022-05-31 An Unmet Need: Surgical Gloves with Variable Finger Lengths Rudolph, Ross Chopra, Christina Van Etten, Susan Glaser, Dale Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Technology Sterile gloves are essential for plastic surgery, but little research has been published on glove fit. Sterile gloves are produced by all manufacturers, with finger lengths fixed for all sizes. Many wearers have fingers that are shorter or longer than usual, causing functional limitations due to incorrect glove finger length and fingertip fit. METHODS: A multiquestion confidential electronic survey of glove finger length fit was sent to 6810 plastic surgery glove wearers from three organizations: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses, and Association of Plastic Surgery Physician Assistants. Data were collected for this descriptive study in 2020–2021, and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (version 27). Sample gloves from six brands were directly measured for finger length. RESULTS: The survey yielded 500 responses, with some respondents not answering all questions. The response rate from American Society of Plastic Surgeons members was 8.2%, and was 7.3% from all groups combined. The most common reason for glove finger length dissatisfaction was fingers being too long (41.61%). Although there was variation in measured glove finger lengths, the variation was not uniform. Of all responders, 28.6% were very likely, and 16.16%, moderately likely, to want to use gloves with longer or shorter fingers if available, constituting a total of 44. 76%. Of these, 36.55% would pay increased cost (10%–25%) for such gloves. CONCLUSIONS: A high percentage of glove users would want gloves with variable finger lengths. Current surgical gloves do not support hand anatomy variations. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9148695/ /pubmed/35651888 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004354 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148695/
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