Electrosurgical injuries during robot assisted surgery: Insights from the FDA MAUDE database

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8207, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fuller, Andrew ^a   Vilos, George A ^a   Pautler, Stephen E ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Device failure; Insulation failure; Laparoscopy; Robotic surgery; Stray current; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; DEVICE FAILURES; INSULATION FAILURES; ROBOTIC SURGERY; STRAY CURRENT; SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS;

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; INSTRUMENTS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84860783555     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.909456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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