Harmful gases including carcinogens produced during transurethral resection of the prostate and vaporization

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 944-949

  Chung, Yun Jo ^a   Lee, Sang Kyi ^b   Han, Suk Hee ^b   Zhao, Chen ^c   Kim, Myung Ki ^c   Park, Seung Chul ^e   Park, Jong Kwan ^c,d,f,g  

^a Center for University wide Research Facilities   (South Korea)

^b Departments of Anesthesiology   (South Korea)

^c Urology   (South Korea)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^e Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^f Research Inst   (South Korea)

^g Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Filter masks; Smoke evacuation devices; Surgical smoke; Transurethral resection of the prostate; Vaporization

Indexed keywords

1 BUTYNE; 1 PENTENE; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,4 PENTADIENE; ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ACRYLNITRILE; ALCOHOL; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ALLENE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROLACTONE; CARCINOGEN; CYCLOPENTADIENE; DIACETYLENE; ISOBUTYLENE; MECAPTOMETHANE; PIPERYLENE; PROPENYLACETYLENE; PROPYLENE; TOXIC GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYLACETYLENE;

AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOLORIZATION; FILTER; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; ALKENES; BUTADIENES; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77958585621     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02636.x     Document Type: Article

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