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Energy and Energy Safety in the Operating Room

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Since Cushing and Bovie introduced the use of the electricity to facilitate coagulation in 1926 [1], the use of energy has become a vital component of modern-day operating. This is particularly true in laparoscopic surgery, where our quest to eliminate incisions, while improving efficiency, has led to the development of a variety of energy devices that can seal and divide tissue.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 656, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Jonathan E. Efron MD (Chief of Ravitch Division)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Efron, J.E. (2012). Energy and Energy Safety in the Operating Room. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_25

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