[Commentary] Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Vol VIII No 4,2011

Abstract

"In other cases, the lure of an internationally/nationally renowned surgeon coming only to perform this surgery can drive patients to agree to the live surgery. Little do they know that: 1. The surgeon in question is not familiar with the hospital, operating room (OR) setup or surgical team with whom he will work; Commentary: live telecast surgery on shaky ground Jaydeep Palep Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Grant Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai 400 008 INDIA e-mail: surgeonjay@gmail.com 2. The number of people inside the OR will be well beyond the prescribed guidelines for maintaining OR sterility and hospital infection committee guidelines; 3. The recording equipment itself will be unsterile and carry a potentially high microorganism load while being shifted from one hospital to the other; 4. The equipment being used by the operating surgeons will be new to them or may never have been used by them earlier, but must be used as the manufacturer is supporting the event; 5. In order to promote the event, more live cases are conducted than the setup can tackle, compromising the sterility of the instruments being used especially in minimally invasive surgery/ laparoscopy workshops."(pg 245)