Too Hot to Handle-Quantifying Temperature Variations in the Nasal Endoscope Ocular Assembly and Light Post

Trevor Lewis; Marc Levin; Doron D Sommer

doi:10.1177/1945892419892182

Too Hot to Handle-Quantifying Temperature Variations in the Nasal Endoscope Ocular Assembly and Light Post

Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2020 Mar;34(2):262-268. doi: 10.1177/1945892419892182. Epub 2019 Nov 28.

Authors

Trevor Lewis¹, Marc Levin², Doron D Sommer¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 31779480
DOI: 10.1177/1945892419892182

No abstract available

Keywords: burn prevention; endoscope light post; endoscope ocular assembly; endoscopic sinus surgery; intraoperative safety; nasal endoscope temperature; nasal endoscopes; patient safety; skull base surgery; surgeon safety.

MeSH terms

Burns / etiology
Burns / prevention & control
Endoscopes* / adverse effects
Equipment Design / adverse effects
Hot Temperature*
Humans
Intraoperative Period
Nasal Cavity / surgery
Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / instrumentation*