Chemical composition of smoke produced by high-frequency electrosurgery

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Al Sahaf, O S ^a   Vega Carrascal, I ^b   Cunningham, F O ^a   McGrath, J P ^a   Bloomfield, F J ^b  

^a Our Lady's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic effects; Electrosurgery; Ethylbenzene; Surgical smoke; Toluene; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CHARCOAL; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL SMOKE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; PILONIDAL SINUS; SMOKE;

EID: 34548506530     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-007-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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