@article{ref1,
title="Accidental burn injury during knee arthroscopy",
journal="Arthroscopy",
year="2007",
author="Huang, Simon and Gateley, David and Moss, Anthony L. H.",
volume="23",
number="12",
pages="1363.e1-13633",
abstract="A case is described in which hot irrigation fluid used during a routine knee arthroscopy caused severe morbidity. The patient sustained full-thickness skin burns requiring debridement, a muscle flap, and split-skin grafting. The extent of the joint damage required fusion. The underlying factors included equipment failure but also a delay in appreciating the severity of the soft-tissue damage. This case highlights the need for a robust protocol for the management of warming the irrigation fluid, as well as monitoring the actual fluid temperature.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-8063",
doi="10.1016/j.arthro.2006.08.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2006.08.015"
}