Medical instrumentation
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Electrosurgical burns are said to be the most common electrical hazards in operating rooms. Characteristic of all burns is that the user is not sufficiently familiar with electrosurgery, its power, and possible dangers. ⋯ From the physics of electrosurgery and heat production, it can be shown that a residual voltage across the neutral electrode plays a dominant role. To monitor this voltage and process it in an appropriate way will open new possibilities in avoiding burns.