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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 69, 804-805, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Dissimilar metals in a rib spreader a surgical electrical hazard

RW Feldtman, DL Stoner, CO Hagood Jr and W Stanford

A case is presented and electrochemical theory is discussed in a situation in which a battery was produced between two dissimilar metals in a Finochietto rib spreader. The problem developed in the thorax of a patient undergoing transthoracic cervical sympathectomy and resection of the first rib. Caution is advised in the use of dissimilar metals in patients undergoing surgery.




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