Bilateral lower limb amputations in a nigerian child following high-voltage electrical burns injury: a case report.
The human body conducts electricity very well. Direct contact with electric current can be lethal. The passage of electric current through the body is capable of producing a wide spectrum of injuries, including serious damage to the heart, brain, skin and muscles. Naked high-voltage electric cables negligently abandoned in residential, commercial and industrial areas are a recipe for disaster. This is a case report of a 5-year girl child who had bilateral lower limb gangrene following electrical burns injury. She presented with a fourday history of electrical burns injuries of both lower limbs including both gluteal regions, associated with a three-day history of fever, with full thickness burns and sepsis, ultimately leading to bilateral above knee guillotine amputations.


BACKGROUND
High-voltage electric current, bilateral lower limb gangrene, bilateral above knee amputation.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria.
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Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria.
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Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria.
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