Why the study?
There are significant knowledge gaps in the orthopaedic surgery community relating to fire prevention, fire safety, and fire management.
Orthopaedic surgeons must understand and mitigate the risks of operating room fires, which most commonly occur during arthroplasty due to inadvertent electrosurgical device activation.
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Highlights electrosurgical risks in arthroplasty; leaves open optimal strategies to close fire safety knowledge gaps.
»: Inadvertent activation of electrosurgical device was more likely to result in patient burns and harm. »: There are significant knowledge gaps in the orthopaedic surgery community relating to fire prevention, fire safety, and fire management. »: Arthroplasty was the most common procedure with reported fire events. »: It is the responsibility of the orthopaedic surgeon to understand the risks of surgical fire in the operating room and implement actions to reduce those risks.
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Carmack et al. (2023) studied this question.
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