Surgical smoke and its components, effects, and mitigation: a contemporary review

EH Benaim, I Jaspers - Toxicological Sciences, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Energy-based surgical instruments produce surgical smoke, which contains harmful
byproducts, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds …

[PDF][PDF] A quantitative analysis of surgical smoke–derived particulate matter and formaldehyde exposure during spine surgery: a possible occupational hazard

SJ Choi, D Seo, CH Ham, JH Kim… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Since its introduction, electrocautery has served as a valuable surgical tool,
enabling precise tissue cutting and effective hemostasis in spine surgery. While there have …

Effects of operating room ventilation on particle exposure and removal during general endotracheal anesthesia

M Niu, H Chen, J Liu, C Tseng, J Shin… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The operating room (OR) ventilation system is a primary method for reducing particle
exposure in the OR. However, most ventilation studies in operating rooms were conducted …

Catalytic surgical smoke filtration unit reduces formaldehyde levels in a simulated operating room environment

GT Carroll, DL Kirschman - ACS Chemical Health & Safety, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrosurgery and procedures that utilize formalin expose healthcare workers to
formaldehyde. Incorporating catalytic materials into air-purifying devices has the potential to …

Distribution of ultrafine aerosols and volatile organic compounds from surgical smoke during electrocauterization

CT Chen, SF Huang, CJ Li, JM Huang… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2022 - Springer
Electrocauterization causes foul smells and surgical smoke that affect operating room (OR)
air quality. This study analyzed the concentration distribution of 87 volatile organic …

[HTML][HTML] The Impact of Electrocautery Smoke on Surgical Staff and the Efficacy of Normal Surgical Masks Versus N95 Masks

CR Meretsky, A Mahmoodi, EM Knecht, J Popovich… - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Electrocautery is a commonly used technique in surgical procedures, generating smoke that
poses health risks to surgical staff. This study investigates the comparative efficacy of normal …

Effect of physical partition height on medical staff exposure in a barn-integrated operating room

J Cheng, K Zhong, Y Wang, J Hu, Y Kang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The barn-integrated operating room (BOR), is defined as an operating room where multiple
surgical operating tables are located in the same room, and this type of operating room has …

Ten questions concerning particle exposure in open electrosurgery and its control strategies

X Wu, Y Ding, Y Zhang, Z Ding… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing use of high-frequency electrosurgical pencils in open surgeries has
heightened concerns about the adverse implications of electrosurgical smoke (ES) on …

Comparison of surgical smoke between two approaches for endoscopic thyroidectomy and open thyroidectomy

Z Zhang, G Jin, X Liu - BMC surgery, 2022 - Springer
Background Surgical smoke has been recognized as a potential health risk by an increasing
number of researchers. Moreover, the counts of surgical smoke produced during different …

[PDF][PDF] 一种术中吸引管增设除烟性能的研究

陈伟伟 - 中国医疗设备 - cs.china-cmd.org
目的设计一种嵌套于常规吸引器外壁的手术烟雾吸除用吸引管, 并探讨其抽吸能力.
方法应用COMSOL Multiphysics 建立除烟吸引管有限元模型, 分析采用3 …