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Review
. 1991;7(1):33-7.
doi: 10.1016/0749-8063(91)90074-8.

Thermal injury resulting from arthroscopic lateral retinacular release by electrocautery: report of three cases and a review of the literature

M J Lord  1 , J A Maltry, L M Shall
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Review

Thermal injury resulting from arthroscopic lateral retinacular release by electrocautery: report of three cases and a review of the literature

M J Lord et al. Arthroscopy. 1991.

Abstract

This article reports three cases of full-thickness thermal burns of the skin in the 85 cases of arthroscopic lateral retinacular release we performed using electrocautery. To our knowledge, this complication has not previously been reported.

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