Electrocautery-induced ignition of spark showers and self-sustained combustion of Onyx ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Zerris, Vasilios ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Complications; Surgical safety; Tissue injury

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; ONYX; TANTALUM;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; BURNS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 33750074146     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000240683.15391.99     Document Type: Article

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