The risk of COVID-19 transmission by laparoscopic smoke may be lower than for laparotomy: a narrative review

BACKGROUND: Surgical smoke is a well-recognized hazard in the operating room. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical societies quickly published guidelines recommending avoiding laparoscopy or to consider open surgery because of the fear of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through surgical sm...

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Published in:Surg Endosc
Main Authors: Mintz, Yoav, Arezzo, Alberto, Boni, Luigi, Baldari, Ludovica, Cassinotti, Elisa, Brodie, Ronit, Uranues, Selman, Zheng, MinHua, Fingerhut, Abe
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer US 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250491/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32458289
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-020-07652-y
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