Cautery Burns: Prevention Better than Cure!

Abstract

The electrocautery is an integral part of head and neck surgeries both for the primary lesion as well as for neck dissection. However, it is fraught with dangers of inadvertent burns to unintended areas, especially by the proximal end of the diathermy blade while working in deep narrow spaces. We devised a simple, cost effective, and easily reproducible method to eliminate this risk.