Electrocutions--treatment strategy (case presentation).
Electrical injuries are a form of trauma with extreme gravity and a unique pathophysiology: they affect the entire organism. A wide range of voltages may cause electrical accidents. Complications should be anticipated and prevented in order to minimize the complication risk and assure a vital, functional and esthetic prognosis as good as possible. The article presents a case treated in our clinic together with the unique particular clinical situation and algorithm that led to a favorable result.
"Grigore Alexandrescu" Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Department.
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D000293:Adolescent; D064592:Autografts; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
electrocution; escharotomy; fasciotomy; skin grafting