Society of Robotic Surgery review: recommendations regarding the risk of COVID-19 transmission during minimally invasive surgery.
James R PorterElliot K BlauFarid GharagozlooMartin MartinoRobert CerfolioUmamaheswar DuvvuriAileen CaceresKetan BadaniSam BhayaniJustin CollinsRafael CoelhoBernardo RoccoPeter WiklundSenthil NathanEduardo Parra-DavilaCarlos Ortiz-OrtizKris MaesProkar DasguptaVipul PatelPublished in: BJU international (2020)
There is no clear evidence of COVID-19 virus in the CO2 used during MIS procedures or in the plume created by electrocautery. Until the presence or absence of COVID-19 viral particles has been clearly established, measures to mitigate CO2 and surgical cautery plume release into the operating room should be performed. Further study on the presence of COVID-19 in MIS pneumoperitoneum and cautery plume is needed.