Clearing the Air: Response to Hazards of Surgical Smoke from Electrocautery Review Article

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) would like to thank Hurst and Stewart for their recent review article1 published in the American Journal of Surgery. Literature reviews assist to strengthen the understanding of critical topics of interest, such as with surgical smoke. The authors present an alternative perspective to the commonly recognized, accepted, and evidence-based problem of surgical smoke in the operating room before incorrectly implying that the AORN guideline development process lacks an objective review of the literature.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - April 18, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Emily Jones, Erin Kyle Source Type: research