Electrosurgery, pacemakers and ICDs: A survey of precautions and complications experienced by cutaneous surgeons

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-390

  El Gamal, Hazem M ^a,b   Dufresne Jr , Raymond G ^a   Saddler, Kirk ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAUTERIZATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROSURGERY; FORCEPS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SKIN SURGERY; SURGEON; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0035071326     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2001.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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