Presented by Malcom Munro, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – FUSE, Fire and Fiasco – OR Safety 101
types of surgical energy–51 sec
objectives–1:02
speaking the language–1:38
what is RF?–3:02
what is cautery?–3:37
watertower analogy–4:52
what does an ESU do?–6:38
isolated vs ground-ref
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