ELECTROSURGICAL COUPLING TO A METAL CANNULA CAUSING SKIN BURNS DURINGLAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

Authors
WILLSON PD VANDERWALT JD ROGERS J
Citation
Pd. Willson et al., ELECTROSURGICAL COUPLING TO A METAL CANNULA CAUSING SKIN BURNS DURINGLAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, Minimally invasive therapy, 4(3), 1995, pp. 163-164
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Minimally invasive therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0961625X
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
163 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-625X(1995)4:3<163:ECTAMC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
An unexpected skin burn adjacent to a cannula used for electrosurgery was detected after routine surgical laparoscopy. This case report high lights how monopolar electrosurgical current can take abnormal return paths to the patient plate giving rise to patient injury.