It was reported that a cusa selector 24khz handpiece (out of box) irrigation fluid was leaking out of the base.The pt was on the operating room table anesthetized when the staff discovered that the handpiece was leaking.The procedure was underway, however, it was while setting up the equipment (putting the handpiece together) before the handpiece was used on the pt that it was noted that the unit was leaking.Type of procedure: spinal cord tumor excision.There was a surgical delay of one hour as a result of this problem, however, the pt did not incur an injury as a result of the delay.The surgery was completed by switching to an old cusa.
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