Table 1.
Summary of RF burn accidents from the literature
| Occurrence | US16 | UK15 | Japan17 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with an object | 257 (51%) | 53 (58%) | 79 (56%) |
| Skin-to-skin contact | 147 (29%) | 39 (42%) | 49 (33%) |
| Bore contact | 97 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (9%) |
| Subtotal | 501 | 92 | 140 |
| Unclear | 348 | 39 | 9 |
| Total | 849 | 131 | 149 |
| Surveyed duration | 2008–2017 | 1993–2014 | Unknown–2010 |
Data from the United Kingdom and Japan were reclassified according to the categories of the United States. The percentage in parentheses shows the proportion (per subtotal) of the number of cases in each category for each country.