Noise exposure during orthopaedic surgery

Orthopaedic surgery.

Exposure of the thyroid to radiation during routine orthopaedic procedures.

The availability and usage of portable image intensifiers has revolutionised routine orthopaedic practice. Extensive use of fluoroscopy however may result into significant radiation exposure to operating staff. An accumulated dose of 65 microSv per procedure over long exposure has been reported to increase the risk of thyroid cancer. The present prospective study aimed at measuring the scattere...

Occult Glove Perforation During Adult Elective Orthopaedic Surgery

Results: The overall perforation rate was found to be 15% with 11.6% blood contamination in our study. Surgeons had higher perforation rate (11.1%) compared to other operating team members.The index finger and thumb of the nondominant hand had more perforations then the dominant hand. More perforations were observed in bony operations compared to other surgeries.Perforation rate was more in ope...

Early recognition of pulmonary dysfunction during intramedullary orthopaedic surgery.

Peri-operative partial arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) was monitored in 20 patients undergoing total hip replacement. Three distinct groups emerged on analysis of the arterial oxygen tensions. In group I there was no initial decrease in PaO2 but it rose above baseline level towards the end of the procedure. In group II there was a distinct fall in PaO2 during the acetabular and femoral stages of...

Ultraviolet lighting during orthopaedic surgery and the rate of infection.

BACKGROUND Ultraviolet lighting is an alternative to laminar airflow in the operating room that may be as effective for lowering the number of environmental bacteria and possibly lowering infection rates by killing the bacteria rather than simply reducing the number at the operative site. The purpose of the present study was to compare the infection rates following joint replacement procedures ...