Surgical plume from tissue infected with human hepatitis B virus can contain viral substances.
Masashi HirotaHidekazu TakahashiYasuhiro MiyazakiTsuyoshi TakahashiYukinori KurokawaMakoto YamasakiHidetoshi EguchiYuichiro DokiKiyokazu NakajimaPublished in: Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (2021)
DNA fragments or antigens of virus can exist in the surgical plume generated by EC or US.