Electrode burns during local hyperthermia.
A patient presenting with carcinoma of the breast was treated with local hyperthermia by short wave diathermy. During the procedure she suffered severe burns at the site of the ECG electrodes as a result of concentration of the induced current.
Stott
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Department of Anaesthesia, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Wallbank
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D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000209:etiology*; D003972:Diathermy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans