Intraoperative fire with electrocautery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-331

  Brechtelsbauer, P B ^a   Carroll, W R ^a   Baker, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; POVIDONE IODINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; FEMALE; FIRE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEDATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030062768     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(96)70197-3     Document Type: Article

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