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Surgeons don't know what they don't know about the safe use of energy in surgery.
Feldman LS, Fuchshuber P, Jones DB, Mischna J, Schwaitzberg SD; FUSE (Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy) Task Force. Surg Endosc. 2012;26:2735-2739.

The majority of practicing surgeons surveyed in this study were unaware of risk factors and preventive methods for surgical fires.
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