title: Electrical burns.
abstract: Electrical burns can be divided into flash or typical thermal injury and high-tension injury. The latter is usually caused by greater than 1000 volts and produces a clinically characteristic entry and exit wound. The optimal management of patients with high-tension electrical injury has evolved into a plan of urgent exploration and debridement, aggressive redebridement, and early wound closure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Luce
mesh_terms: D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures