Burns caused by electric surgical instruments
Basse, P.N.; Lohmann, M.; Hovgård, C.; Alsbjørn, B.F.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 153(13): 940-941
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 2024304 Document Number: 374571
Employment of electric surgical instruments involves a potential risk of burning at the neutral electrode. These are frequently third degree burns. Skin grafting may shorten the course of the illness. The importance of good contact over the entire neutral electrode plate is emphasized.