Low-cost devices to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection during open and laparoscopic surgery

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a debate started on the safety of smoke evacuation in the surgical field, due to the hypothesis that the virus can be produced during an aerosol-generating procedure (AGP). An AGP is defined as a medical or surgical procedure that can induce the production of aerosols of any size, either during open or minimally invasive approaches.1

Source: American Journal of Surgery - July 21, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas, Lilian Torregrosa, Oscar Guevara, Mauricio Pedraza, Javier A. Carrera, Ricardo A. Villarreal, Eric E Vinck, Laura Cabrera, Paula Ferrada, Herbert Chen Source Type: research