Hi- I had a question about hpv
in the
operating room. Recently, I was involved
in a case where it was scheduled as a biopsy of an oropharyngeal lesion. Into the case, I asked why the surgeon was using a coblator for the biopsy. He said it was already known that it was a squamous cell ca with hpv positive component. There was some smoke at the beginning. We did not have n95 masks on, just regular ones, which they say can let vaporized particles in still.