Abstract
This article clarifies the use of surgical masks during surgery and the evidence for this. A search performed in PubMed found four studies based on 6.006 patients. The studies described the use of surgical masks in surgery with post-operative infections as endpoint, and the studies had to include a control group. None of the four studies found a difference in the number of post-operative infections whether you used a surgical mask or not. However, the limited numbers of studies make it unsafe to conclude whether or not surgical face masks reduce post-operative infections.
Translated title of the contribution | Dubious effect of surgical masks during surgery. |
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Original language | Danish |
Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Volume | 176 |
Issue number | 27 |
Pages (from-to) | 2-5 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2014 |