@EarthianM @MonicaGandhi9 @Dwiggy333 If you wanted to find it yourself, this is not a hard thing to search for. There are several studies. The masks offer surgeons some splatter protection, but they should also be wearing eye goggles then. They do not prev
@jumpedforjoi What are masks used for originally? Keeping surgical theaters sterile - prevent the PATIENT’s wound (the one ON the operating table) from being contaminated, and preventing blood and fumes hitting the surgical staff’s face. 2015 NIH paper:
@FakeBrianPacos @jumpedforjoi Sure. But see here for what these masks (regular non-N95 masks) really are meant for:
@regineeexoxo This is from 2015. Masks in surgery are mainly used to prevent infection of the surgical wound. https://t.co/n4SLxp30ZR
@SwampFox8 @kathrynw5 @JackTCalk My study is newer. "We conclude that there is no clear evidence that wearing disposable face masks affects the likelihood of wound infections developing after surgery." https://t.co/ByozM3s5Xd
@GadgetArchitect @Valkyrie20201 @grizedale88 @WeWillBeFree82 @UsforThemUK @KristenMeghan @mamasaurusMeg If that was the professional judgement, I’d be fine because whilst it has become normal practice there is little evidence to support their use https://
FunFact: Ein Cochrane Review von 2016 fand keine Erhöhung oder Verringerung von Wundinfektionen bei Operationen durch da Tragen von OP-Masken durch das Personal (Chirurg und Pflege) 😂 Die Datenlage ist aber zugegebenermassen dünn. https://t.co/MxLspdw3D1
@Ahnenforscher2 @vanCreutzfeldt @SusScro58355800 Übrigens als FunFact: Ein Cochrane Review von 2016 fand keine Erhöhung oder Verringerung von Wundinfektionen bei Operationen durch da Tragen von OP-Masken durch das Personal 😂 Die Datenlage ist sber zugegeb
@11Awake11 @SharpieDj @banterbear This is what facts should look like https://t.co/vxjx4KgLrq
@banterbear @SharpieDj https://t.co/THyKiwk4wv "The majority in both groups believed that face mask decreases the surgical site infection." Paper dated 2019
@banterbear @SharpieDj https://t.co/THyKiwk4wv "... is thought to be two-fold: to prevent the passage of germs from the surgeon's nose and mouth into the patient's wound and to protect the surgeon's face from sprays and splashes from the patient. "
@James21700046 @SkipTerrio @commieleejones https://t.co/eUplSektDB - Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery
RT @mipardudire: 4/4 Sjøl y Kelbaek 2002 llegaron a la misma conclusión https://t.co/dmniLhbi68 Lipp y Edwards 2014 https://t.co/SbYHny…
@andrewbostom Cochrane Collaboration review, same conclusion: https://t.co/qmjGRAssUW
@Keith4Change @chartertiger @GC1CG @EngineerIra @Shawnrobb72 Great rebuttal- try using facts. Here you go re: face masks for surgery- look at last sentence under "key results".. Oops https://t.co/8i7UCCQ7u1.
@AmosLee77672405 @lyricismist @Arwenstar Yes surgeons wear masks to prevent this but to ALSO prevent the passage of germs from their nose and mouth from going into the patients wound. Masks are important within the current pandemic to stop the spread of co
RT @MarkChangizi: Face mask motivation for surgeons is to not get droplets directly into the open wound. But, even there, “wearing a face…
@MachineSpirit91 @For88Uc Но если хотите войну пруфов - пожалуйста https://t.co/3jj6hlhfDh
@because_logic @LilMotherHooker Not according to this: https://t.co/RGEGtHEGVQ
@mostsuggested @DaveOfEP @gtcstorm40 Here’s a link to a 2016 review that concluded the same. https://t.co/lOCqEWLL2d
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
Finnish docs getting salty about the never-ending mask debate
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
RT @eppe: No evidence guys. So I’m going to operate without a mask from now on. Everybody ok with that? #skininthegame https://t.co/LGnMj…
@chrisk_hw @jackiecassell @rwjdingwall To avoid getting body fluids on their face and prevent post-operative bacterial wound infections is the usual rationale, but even the latter isn’t supported by high-level evidence. https://t.co/70wK9nSW3B
RT @mipardudire: 4/4 Sjøl y Kelbaek 2002 llegaron a la misma conclusión https://t.co/dmniLhbi68 Lipp y Edwards 2014 https://t.co/SbYHny…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
@AtleFretheim @EvolOdonata Likevel brukes masker på operasjonsstuer landet rundt :) https://t.co/s5CgoEvZ0m
@epkauppinen @1st_sealord @TheSupeltura @talousmuumi Leikkaushaavainfektiot ja maskinkäyttö: "..no clear evidence that wearing disposable face masks affects the likelihood of wound infections developing after surgery". Data on vähäistä ja siinä on epävarm
@Pina_Colada_Joe @kiwi12345600 @derspiegel Sie werden sich wundern, dafür gibt es keine Evidenz.https://t.co/9syHRp0fAs
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Aurini: Interesting thread, so masks aren't even useful for surgery. https://t.co/KYirglJnR8
Interesting thread, so masks aren't even useful for surgery.
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
@JayLoh78 @RobertTrew @Adam_Creighton Not any surgeon, for sure, regardless masks! 😰 Surgeons use surgical 😷 in sterile settings, use them properly and change them frequently... By the way, surgical masks are useless even for them...😷s do not ⬇️ surgical
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
@SunnySkyes53 @Rebel_Camus @MarshallSbar The primary function of surgical masks is to protect the wearer from contamination from patient body fluids. There is no evidence that they have any effect on the rate of wound infections in the post operative perio
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
@coreygrundstein @Anicka10 No, they are to protect us from bacteria carrie in spit. and they don't even seem to do that. Source in article. https://t.co/RGEGtHEGVQ
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
The wildest thing I learned last year researching surgical masks that I've worn for over 3 decades to prevent surgical wounds 😊
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
RT @Emily_Burns_V: 17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks hav…
17/ A 2016 review noted that even in for their main purpose—decreasing wound infection during surgery—surgical masks have no impact. But this purpose is to stop much larger particles than the smoke-sized aerosols that drive COVID transmission. https://t.c
6: Her er eks noen: 1: https://t.co/Xcrt1zlzWM 2: https://t.co/nvaX0iFshz 3: https://t.co/j1CMpNvttX 4: https://t.co/aLYFJe4yWM Ingen av de finner noe særlig målbar effekt. ECDC anbefaler riktignok munnbind, men evidensen er svak.
@steyn_riaan Vincent and Edwards updated this review in 2016 and the conclusion was the same. https://t.co/ujRTrrkku3~
RT @arekcwp: @grzesiowski_p @Klaudia16445772 Nie zna Pan wyników badań medycznych? To może zamiast udzielać wywiadów douczy się Pan? http…