Staff safety
Negative swabs were not required before surgery.
All surgical teams wore double surgical gloves, fluid resistant disposable surgical gown, face visor, FFP3 masks, disposable shoe covers and fluid resistant hoods.
No patients had inadvertent endotracheal tube cuff rupture during the procedure, therefore reducing surgeon exposure to aerosolised viral particles as per previously described techniques [7].
There have been no reported cases of the surgical or nursing teams developing symptoms post procedure.