Industrial high-voltage electrical burn of the skull, a preventable injury.
Deep burns of the scalp and skull are often caused by high-voltage electrical injuries. Patients with such injuries should be referred to regional burn centers that are prepared to excise necrotic burn tissue and cover the devitalized bone with a well-vascularized flap. Strategies for prevention of these electrical burns are discussed.
Wright
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Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
Drake
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Gear
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Wheeler
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Edlich
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002053:Burn Units; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries*; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine