title: Glove perforation in hand surgery.
abstract: A survey of glove perforation in 100 consecutive hand surgery operations was undertaken. A total of 397 pairs of gloves were tested for punctures after the operation. Evidence of perforation was found in 19% of the gloves used, and only in 12 cases did the surgeons actually realize that a perforation had occurred. With a perforation rate of 43%, the surgeons were significantly more at risk of glove perforation than the other members of the operating team.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capasso
mesh_terms: D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans