[Frostbite: findings May 1990].
Frostbites are a frequent pathology in mountain sports; we treat 80 cases per years in Chamonix. Usually due to a bad equipment, they are favoured by humidity, wind, the high altitude polycythemia and dehydration. Physiopathology associates a physic phenomenon (freezing) with a vasomotor response. Diagnosis is obvious; the forecast rests on the bone scintigraphy and treatment combines fast warm up, vasodilators, hemodilution and late surgery. Only 8% of our patients have amputations. The best treatment is prevention.
Marsigny
B
B
Hôpital de Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
Foray
J
J
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005627:Frostbite / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis
Les gelures: mise au point mai 1990.