Thermal injury resulting from arthroscopic lateral retinacular release by electrocautery: report of three cases and a review of the literature.

Autor: Lord MJ; University of South Florida College of Medicine, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach., Maltry JA, Shall LM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association [Arthroscopy] 1991; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 33-7.
DOI: 10.1016/0749-8063(91)90074-8
Abstrakt: This article reports three cases of full-thickness thermal burns of the skin in the 85 cases of arthroscopic lateral retinacular release we performed using electrocautery. To our knowledge, this complication has not previously been reported.
Databáze: MEDLINE