[Treatment of severe electrical burn of the skull].
From Jan. 1970 to Feb. 1989, 10 cases of severe electrical burns of the skull were treated. There were necroses of the full skull bone layer and skin in 4 cases and necroses of the skull skin and external skull bone layer in 6 cases. Cure in 8 cases and death in 2 cases. The authors consider that in the early-stage protecting and reserving the skull intact is important. Repairing wound with full-circulatory skin flap or myocutaneous flap is a reasonable selection. In the later-stage, the wound may be repaired with skin graft on the granulating wound after removing the necrotic bone.
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First Affiliated Hospital of West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries*; D013524:Surgical Flaps