Open AccessCautery Burns: Prevention Better than Cure!
Author(s) -
Rajdeep Guha,
Suparna Giri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0976-6952
pISSN - 0975-7651
DOI - 10.1007/s13193-019-00884-y
Subject(s) - medicine , surgical oncology , diathermy , surgery , head and neck , dissection (medical) , general surgery
The electrocautery is an integral part of head and neck surgeries both for the primary lesion as well as for neck dissection. However, it is fraught with dangers of inadvertent burns to unintended areas, especially by the proximal end of the diathermy blade while working in deep narrow spaces. We devised a simple, cost effective, and easily reproducible method to eliminate this risk.