Iatrogenic burns caused by gastrointestinal gas explosion during use of a holmium YAG laser

• Main Authors: Rieko Kusada (Author), Yukiko Ida (Author), Hajime Matsumura (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intraoperative iatrogenic burns that occur under general anesthesia may become deep and wide, because patients do not notice or complain about them. We here present a patient who suffered burns to both the buttocks and thighs from a holmium YAG laser used during surgery for cervical cancer. An inves...