Study of Glove Perforation during Hip Replacement Arthroplasty: Its Frequency, Location, and Timing

Table 1

Data collected from 19 primary hip replacement arthroplasties.

Case number	Age and sex	Number and timing of visible glove perforation (detected during surgery) ()	Number of nonvisible glove perforation (detected after surgery) ()	Total perforated gloves ( + )	Staffs with glove perforation
1	74F	1^* (83 min)	1^*	2	Surgeon and 1st asst.
2	73M		1^*	1	Nurse
3	82F		2	2	Surgeon and nurse
4	69F	1 (72 min)	0	1	1st asst.
5	83M		0	0
6	68M		2^*	2	Nurse and 2nd asst.
7	66F	1^* (64 min)	0	1	Surgeon
8	69M		0	0
9	76M		1	1	Surgeon
10	78F		3	3	Nurse and 1st and 2nd asst.
11	81M	1^* (112 min)	1^*	2	Surgeon and 2nd asst.
12	83F		1	1	3rd asst.
13	77M		2^*	2	Surgeon and 1st asst.
14	73M	1 (98 min)	0	1	1st asst.
15	69F		2	2	Surgeon and 2nd asst.
16	72F	1^* (53 min)	0	1	Surgeon
17	71F		0	0
18	68F		1^*	1	1st asst.
19	64M		0	0

Asterisk “*” stands for glove perforation in left hand.