A healthcare provider (hcp) reported via manufacturer representative that under the ground plate of the device the patient was burned.Patient was alive-with injury.Additional information received from the hcp stating that nobody knows the sequence of events when the burn was discovered because it was discovered after surgery when they took off the operating field.And the sequence of events during the surgery was classical ¿scoliosis¿ spine surgery.The surgery procedure included an electrosurgical dissection as it is usual during the dissection.The burn was under a ground plate, the green one.The ground pad of electrosurgical was on the other side of the patient on the hip.There were no electrode wires and power cords, crossing when the incident occurred.It was a 2nd degree burn and they provided vitamin a cream for treatment.The patient is currently good.
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