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Fundamentals of Electrosurgery Part II: Thermal Injury Mechanisms and Prevention

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Surgeons who work with electrosurgical equipment should be knowledgeable about the basic principles of electrosurgery, risks to patients and personnel, and measures to minimize these risks. They should be aware of the hazards associated with smoke in the OR environment and should understand the factors that can lead to OR fires and the proper corrective actions to be taken in the event of a fire- or electrosurgical-related injury.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    L. Michael Brunt MD, FACS

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  1. Steinberg-Bernstein Chair in Minimally, McGill University Health Centre Director, Division of General Surgery, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Liane Feldman

  2. Hepatobiliary and Oncologic Surgery, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California, USA

    Pascal Fuchshuber

  3. Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Brunt, L.M. (2012). Fundamentals of Electrosurgery Part II: Thermal Injury Mechanisms and Prevention. In: Feldman, L., Fuchshuber, P., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual on the Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2074-3_3

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