Mark Soliman, MD, FACS, FASCRS Profile picture
Chief of #colorectalsurgery & Program Medical Director, @adventhealthcfl Digestive Health Institute | Chair of #colorectalsurgery AdventHealth Medical Group
Apr 12, 2020 28 tweets 20 min read
Information regarding CO2 insufflation in laparoscopy and robotics has been murky, overwhelming, and confusing. I put together this tweetorial to distill down the information into one thread. To be clear, most info is speculative and extrapolated (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32221118) To start, some basic virology needs to be explained. Coronaviruses are a family RNA viruses. The one we’re dealing with today has been named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) aka coronavirus disease 2019 (i.e., #COVID19).