[Deep vein thrombosis in a burn patient].
Association between deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism is probably an underestimated problem in the thermally injured patients. However, those patients display important risk factors according to Virchow's triad. This article reports on three unrecognised DVT's accompanying burns which were characterized by absence of healing or edema. The pathophysiology of this issue is then discussed with respect to the specific area of the thermally injured patient. It is our belief that local inflammatory phenomenon play a major part in the genesis of DVT associated with chronic non-healing burns.
Heymans
O
O
Service de Chirurgie plastique et maxillo-faciale, Université de Liège.
Lemaire
V
V
Nélissen
X
X
Verhelle
N
N
Jacquemin
D
D
Jacob
E
E
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014945:Wound Healing