[Protective measures against increase of the potential of a "grounded" passive electrode of the electrosurgical apparatus].
Causes accounting for the occurrence of high-frequency induced burns, one of the most common types of damage inflicted on patients during electrosurgical interventions, are considered. Different variants of circuits indicating the emergence of a leakage current passing to the ground via the patient's body when this comes in contact with a grounded object are analyzed. Recommendations for the protection of patients are listed.
D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000517:prevention & control; D004566:Electrodes; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011482:Protective Devices
Mery zashchity ot povysheniia potentsiala na "zazemlennom" passivnom elektrode elektrokhirurgicheskogo apparata