ReviewSurgical innovation2017
Review of Techniques to Achieve Optical Surface Cleanliness and Their Potential Application to Surgical Endoscopes.
Review in Surgical innovation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effective cleaning of endoscopic lenses to achieve visual clarity for minimally invasive abdominopelvic surgery: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
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- Laser-Enabled Surface Treatment of Disposable Endoscope Lens with Superior Antifouling and Optical Properties.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022Article
- Utility of Nasal Access Guides in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: Assessment of Use during Cadaveric Dissection and Workflow Analysis in Surgery.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of suction-tip forceps, a new tool for laparoscopic surgery, for gastric cancer.Asian journal of endoscopic surgery · 2021Article
- Polyolefin-Supported Hydrogels for Selective Cleaning Treatments of Paintings.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
A clear visualization of the operative field is of critical importance in endoscopic surgery. During surgery the endoscope lens can get fouled by body fluids (eg, blood), ground substance, rinsing fluid, bone dust, or smoke plumes, resulting in visual impairment. As a result, surgeons spend part of the procedure on intermittent cleaning of the endoscope lens. Current cleaning methods that rely on manual wiping or a lens irrigation system are still far from ideal, leading to longer procedure times, dirtying of the surgical site, and reduced visual acuity, potentially reducing patient safety. With the goal of finding a solution to these issues, a literature review was conducted to identify and categorize existing techniques capable of achieving optically clean surfaces, and to show which techniques can potentially be implemented in surgical practice. The review found that the most promising method for achieving surface cleanliness consists of a hybrid solution, namely, that of a hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating on the endoscope lens and the use of the existing lens irrigation system.
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