Surgeons don't know what they don't know about the safe use of energy in surgery.

Liane S. Feldman; Pascal R. Fuchshuber; Daniel B. Jones; Jessica Mischna; Steven D. Schwaitzberg; FUSE Task Force

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Surgeons don't know what they don't know about the safe use of energy in surgery.

October 19, 2012

Feldman LS, Fuchshuber PR, Jones DB, et al. Surg Endosc. 2012;26(10):2735-9.

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