During a pulmonary vein isolation procedure, a patient burn occurred.Following the successful ablation, a burn was noted on the left upper back of the patient.The burn was slightly larger than a quarter, described as round and red with a white skin tone around the burn, which was slightly deep.The burn was noted at the corner of the ensite navx patch proximal to the spine and the dispersive pad; however, no apparent patch overlap was noted.The patient's skin was not hairy or diaphoretic during the ablation procedure and no skin preparation was performed due to this.A wound specialist was consulted, unknown treatment was administered, and the patient has since been discharged.There were no performance issues with any sjm device during the procedure.
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