TY - JOUR AU - Tokuda, Yutaka AU - Okamura, Takuho AU - Maruta, Miki AU - Orita, Mutsuko AU - Noguchi, Miyuki AU - Suzuki, Toshiyasu AU - Matsuki, Hideaki PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/25 TI - Prospective randomized study evaluating the usefulness of a surgical smoke evacuation system in operating rooms for breast surgery JO - Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology SP - 13 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - No prospective evaluation of surgical smoke evacuation systems has yet been conducted anywhere in the world. A prospective randomized study was conducted to clarify the usefulness of a surgical smoke evacuation system in terms of reducing the quantity of environmental pollutants found in operating room air and reducing the occupational exposure of doctors and nurses involved in surgical procedures to surgical smoke, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, etc. SN - 1745-6673 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-020-00259-y DO - 10.1186/s12995-020-00259-y ID - Tokuda2020 ER -