Journal
JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 2788-2799Publisher
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/jca.31464
Keywords
Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Electrosurgery; Smoke; Gynecologist
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Funding
- Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province [2014C33165]
- Key Lab of Wenzhou city-Gynecological Oncology [ZD201603]
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Surgical smoke is the gaseous by-product produced by heat generating devices in various surgical operations including laser conization and loop electrosurgical procedures that often are performed by gynecologists. Surgical smoke contains chemicals, blood and tissue particles, bacteria, and viruses, which has been shown to exhibit potential risks for surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and technicians in the operation room due to long term exposure of smoke. In this review, we describe the detailed information of the components of surgical smoke. Moreover, we highlight the effects of surgical smoke on carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, and infection in gynecologists. Furthermore, we discussed how to prevent the surgical smoke via using high-filtration masks and smoke evacuation systems as well as legal guidelines for protection measures among the gynecologists.
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