Genotoxic effects of anesthetics in operating room personnel evaluated by micronucleus test

Abstract

Introduction Volatile anesthetics are the major pollutants in operating rooms, where the professionals are exposed to low doses of them, for long periods of time. Neurotoxic [32], hepatotoxic [22], nephrotoxic [24,32] and carcinogenic effects [13,32,39], as well as fertility alterations, increased incidence of spontaneous abortions and congenital abnormalities have been observed