title: [Treatment of high-voltage electric injuries of the hand and forearm].
abstract: Electric injuries produce deep tissue destruction and in a large number of cases involve the forearm, entering from the hand. The authors report their experience, consisting of 13 cases, with satisfying results, particularly in relation to limb salvage. Salvage procedures, avoiding the amputation and including venous grafts and use of flaps, among which the inguinal flap is mostly used, are considered. Late necrosis occurring under grafted tissues often requires further surgery, including tendon and nerve grafts and scar revisions with skin grafts or flaps.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Hopital Lapeyronnie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teot
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ruello
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Colonna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Trattamento delle folgorazioni ad alto voltaggio della mano e dell'avambraccio.