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cord-104463-btr5h70l	Ertan, Saridogan	COVID-19 pandemic and gynaecological endoscopic surgery	2020-05-07		.txt	text/plain	1366	70	45	The authors emphasise that there is a theoretical but unproven risk of transmission during laparoscopic procedures because the viral RNA is present in the blood of 1-15% of the patients and that presence of artificial pneumoperitoneum is likely to generate aerosol due to escape of CO 2 which may contain the virus within droplets of blood or the surgical smoke. This raises further questions as to whether there is a real risk of transmission of infection from exposure to blood either in the form of air droplets or surgical smoke during surgery. Whilst there is uncertainty about the transmission through surgical smoke or the escaping CO 2 during laparoscopic surgery, what is clearer is that the virus is more likely to infect healthcare professionals during intubation or extubation for general anaesthesia (anaesthetic team), or during procedures involving the upper respiratory tract (such as Ear-Nose-Throat surgeons). COVID-19 Pandemic and and gynaecological laparoscopic surgery: knowns and unknowns Facts Views Vis Obgyn	./cache/cord-104463-btr5h70l.txt	./txt/cord-104463-btr5h70l.txt