American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 171-176 , May 2008

Fire/burn risk with electrosurgical devices and endoscopy fiberoptic cables

  • Lee P. Smith, MD
    • ,
  • Soham Roy, MD, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami–Miller School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Box 016960 (D-48), Miami, FL 33136, USA.

Received 14 February 2007

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☆ Presented as a poster presentation at the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery annual meeting, Toronto, September 2006.

PII: S0196-0709(07)00085-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.05.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 171-176 , May 2008

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