Clinical Investigation

Puncture Ratio of the Gloves During Colorectal Surgery

  • Cemil ÇALIŞKAN
  • Özgür FIRAT
  • Özer MAKAY
  • Erhan AKGÜN
  • Mustafa KORKUT

Received Date: 28.08.2009 Accepted Date: 01.12.2009 Meandros Med Dent J 2010;11(2):21-24

OBJECTIVE:

The intact gloves are excellent barriers between the hands of the surgeon and the patient. Unfortunately, glove perforation is a very common problem during surgery, especially in some disciplines. Aim of this study was, to evaluate invisible glove perforation ratio during colorectal surgery.

MATERIALS and METHODS:

In our clinic, one thousand gloves were tested for perforation in 89 randomly selected operations, from September 01 2006 to 31 December 2006.

RESULTS:

The overall perforation rate was 17.9%. The prevalence of glove perforation was 27.2% and 15.3% in more than one hour and less, respectively, with significant difference. The prevalence of glove perforation was 27.09% and 17.06% in pelvic surgery or non-pelvic surgery, respectively, with significant difference. The glove perforation rate for the operator, the first and the second assistant and nurse were 23.5, 18.8, 4.3 and 8.4% for all of the operations, respectively.

CONCLUSION:

Changing gloves at regular intervals (especially non-dominant hand, less than one hour) is an effective way to decrease the incidence of possible glove perforation during colorectal surgery.

Keywords: Puncture, surgical gloves, pelvic surgery