Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic: Single-Center Experience.

COVID-19 era has put laparoscopic surgery a risk procedure because of theoretical risk of viral transmission of COVID-19. However, safe evacuation of stagnant air during laparoscopic surgery is also necessary to safeguard health care warriors. We are reporting experience of 24 laparoscopic surgeries using a closed smoke evacuation/filtration system using a ultra low-particulate air (ULPA) filtration capability (ConMed AirSeal System) at a single center between March 22, 2020, and May 30, 2020.