Costal osteomyelitis due to an electrical burn.
This article describes the case of a patient who suffered an electrical full thickness burn of the chest wall and a concomitant osteomyelitic complication of two ribs. A review of the existing literature on bone and joint changes after burns is presented. Osteomyelitis of ribs must be kept in mind while treating patients for chest wall burns.
Alfie
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Department of Plastic and Esthetic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Benmeir
P
P
Caspi
R
R
Raveh
T
T
Moor
E
E
Weinberg
A
A
Wexler
M R
MR
Newman
A
A
D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs