Health risk to medical personnel of surgical smoke produced during laparoscopic surgery

Objectives: During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the removal of the gall bladder, pyrolysis occurs in the peritoneal cavity. Chemical substances which are formed during this process escape into the operating room through trocars in the form of surgical smoke. The aim of this study was to identify an...

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Main Authors: Miłosz Dobrogowski, Wiktor Wesolowski, Małgorzata Kucharska, Katarzyna Paduszyńska, Agnieszka Dworzyńska, Wiesław Szymczak, Andrzej Sapota, Lech Pomorski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine 2015-10-01
Series:International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
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Online Access:http://ijomeh.eu/Health-risk-to-medical-personnel-of-surgical-smoke-produced-during-laparoscopic-surgery,58519,0,2.html