Dispersive Pad Site Burns with Modern Radiofrequency Ablation Equipment

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 366-371

  Steinke, Karin ^a   Gananadha, Sivakumar ^a   King, Julie ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Morris, David Lawson ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Laparotomy; Pad burn; Percutaneous; Radiofrequency ablation; Skin burn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1642472651     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200312000-00003     Document Type: Article

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