Swab test in biological fluids as predictor of COVID-19 transmission risk during surgery: a prospective cross-sectional study from an Italian COVID center.

Nicolò FabbriA PesceA UssiaF D'UrbanoS PizzicottiS GrecoC V Feo

Published in: BMC surgery (2022)

To date, there is no scientific evidence of possible contagion by laparoscopic aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2, neither is certain whether the virus is effectively present in biological fluids.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
robot assisted
surgical site infection
disease virus