Electrosurgery in patients with pacemakers/implanted cardioverter defibrillators

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-36

  Dawes, Jeffrey C ^a   Mahabir, Raman C ^a   Hillier, Karen ^a   Cassidy, Margaret ^a   De Haas, William ^a   Gillis, Anne M ^a,b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocautery; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAUTERIZATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; ELECTROSURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MINOR SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROSURGERY; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33745602519     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000208938.72409.06     Document Type: Review

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