Surgical smoke, neurosurgical practice and coronavirus

Abstract

Surgical smoke also referred to as cautery smoke is a gaseous mixture produced during surgical procedures where there is ablation, cutting, coagulation, desiccation or vaporization of the tissue. In a true sense "surgical smoke” refers to surgically generated gaseous contents. The surgical smoke results from the destruction of bones and tissues, causing microscopic particles to get suspended in the environment.

Keywords

• neurosurgical practice
• coronavirus
• surgical smoke