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Surgical fires and burns: A 5-year analysis of medico-legal cases

This paper provides a retrospective descriptive analysis of the contributing factors in medico-legal cases involving surgical fires and burns in Canada over a 5-year period. This study highlights a need for improved surgical safety interventions to address surgical fires and burns.

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Calder L, Héroux D, Bernard C, Liu R, Gilchrist A, Neilson HK, Gilchrist AD, Fish J. Surgical fires and burns: a 5-year analysis of medico-legal cases. J Burn Care Res. 2019:1-7. [epub ahead of print]