A Novel Dual-Phase Activation-Dependent Foot-Switch Mechanism for Surgical Energy Devices as an Asset in Early Surgical Training: A Proof of Concept Study.

. Many processes exist that limit or eliminate the incidence of adverse events in general surgery including the World Health Organization safety checklist. Technology and device advancement has a potentially expanding role in the context of surgical safety.

Steal phenomenon in the lower limb: presentation of a case with osseous metastases secondary to renal cell carcinoma and review of the literature.

Renal cell carcinoma is reported to have potent angiogenic activity with a high microvascular density in both primary and metastatic sites compared with other adenocarcinomas. Angiogenesis can lead to the formation of abnormal arteriovenous shunts that can, in patients with peripheral vascular disease, result in worsening of the degree of ischaemia by producing a vascular steal-like phenomena. Nevertheless, steal phenomena secondary to malignancies are extremely rare.