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ArticleThe British journal of surgery2021

Aerosols, airflow, and airspace contamination during laparoscopy.

N Hardy, J Dalli, M F Khan, K Nolan, R A Cahill

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Article in The British journal of surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N HardyUCD Centre of Precision Surgery, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-7036-3910
J DalliUCD Centre of Precision Surgery, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0170-3667
M F KhanUCD Centre of Precision Surgery, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
K NolanSchool of Mechanical and Material Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
R A CahillUCD Centre of Precision Surgery, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1270-4000
University College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery has been undermined throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by concerns that it may generate an infectious risk to the operating team through aerosolization of peritoneal particles. There is anyway a need for increased awareness and understanding of the occupational hazard for surgical teams regarding unfiltered escape of pollutants generated by surgical smoke and other microbials. Here, the aerosol-generating nature of this access modality was confirmed through repeatable real-time methodology both qualitatively and quantitively to inform best practice and additional engineering solutions to optimize the operating room environment.

Indexed as

VentilationAerosolsAir Pollutants, OccupationalAir Pollution, IndoorHumansInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalLaparoscopyOperating RoomsSmokeAerosolsAir Pollutants, OccupationalSmoke

Identifiers

PMID33829231
PMCPMC8083507
OpenAlexW3145557444

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Registered trials

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