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Innovation

A novel safety mechanism to reduce the risk of inadvertent electrosurgical injury

Bernard Hendrik van DurenInstitute of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University College London, London, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Gijsbert Isaac van BoxelBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, High Wycombe, UK;
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Alister HartInstitute of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University College London, London, UK;
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Nick NewtonUniversity College Hospital, London, UK
Pages 239-244 | Received 18 Oct 2015, Accepted 02 Mar 2016, Published online: 21 Apr 2016

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