Compound injury from high-voltage electricity.
When dealing with injury from high-voltage electricity, it must be realised that a crush injury is a more appropriate term than a burn injury. The eventual usefulness of the arm and/or hand should be weighed against the necessarily very intensive surgical treatment of the limb. This evaluation should be done during the initial stages, since it will influence early management. The treatment should therefore be aggressive and should be focused on a high renal output as well as an extensive debridement, which may include amputation at an early stage. Six recent cases, demonstrating this approach, are reported.
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D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods