title: Is it safe to allow smoke in our operating room?
abstract: Researchers have shown that the plume produced during electrosurgery is twice as harmful as laser plume. The smoke produced by ESUs is not routinely evacuated and rises into the air to dissipate haphazardly. Smoke evacuators remove surgical smoke from the operating suite in an efficient and safe manner.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Dikes
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009873:Operating Rooms; D012906:Smoke / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014691:Ventilation / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke