Generation, Distribution, and Contagiousness of Surgical Smoke during Tracheotomies

  • Surgical smoke has been a little discussed topic in the context of the current pandemic. Surgical smoke is generated during the cauterization of tissue with heat-generating devices and consists of 95% water vapor and 5% cellular debris in the form of particulate matter. In-vivo investigations are performed during tracheotomies where surgical smoke is produced during tissue electrocautery. Furthermore, in-vitro parametric studies to investigate the particle number and size distribution and the spatial distribution of surgical smoke with laser light sheet technique are conducted. The higher the power of the high-frequency-device the larger the particles in size and the higher the resulting particle counts. The images taken show the densest smoke at 40W with artificial saliva. The resulting characteristic size distribution, which may include viruses and bacterial components, confirms that the risk arising from surgical smoke should be considered. Furthermore, the experiments will provide the database for further numerical investigations.

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Author:Vera StelzerORCiD, Sandra Melina TauwaldORCiD, Veronika Vielsmeier, Fabian CieplikORCiD, Arne Kandulski, Wulf Schneider-BrachertORCiD, Olaf WuenschORCiD, Markus RüttenORCiD, Lars KrenkelORCiDGND
URL / DOI:https://www.dlr.de/as/Portaldata/5/Resources/dokumente/veranstaltungen/stab_workshop/Jahresbericht2022.pdf
Parent Title (German):23. DGLR Fach-Symposium Strömungen mit Ablösung, 09./10. November 2022, Berlin, Deutschland
Place of publication:Göttingen
Document Type:conference proceeding (presentation, abstract)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2022
Creating Corporation:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Strömungen mit Ablösung, AG STAB
Release Date:2023/02/13
Institutes:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering - RCBE
Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology - RCHST
Fakultät Maschinenbau / Labor Biofluidmechanik
Begutachtungsstatus:begutachtet
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International