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Comment
. 2020 Nov:143:615-616.
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.029.

Letter to the Editor Regarding: "Coronavirus Neurosurgical/Head and Neck Drape to Prevent Aerosolization of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health Solution"

Adesh Shrivastava  1 , Rakesh Mishra  2 , Manas Prakash  2 , Sumit Raj  2 , Pradeep Chouksey  2 , Amit Agrawal  2
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Comment

Letter to the Editor Regarding: "Coronavirus Neurosurgical/Head and Neck Drape to Prevent Aerosolization of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health Solution"

Adesh Shrivastava et al. World Neurosurg. 2020 Nov.
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Figure 1
The thin and transparent sterile plastic sheet supplied with the disposable draping kit.
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Figure 2
Applying the plastic drape over the exposed skull bone before drilling.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Drilling the skull bone under the plastic drape. Constant application of suction and irrigation is being done.
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Figure 4
Sprays and aerosols that are trapped on the undersurface of the sheet.
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