Electrocutions – treatment strategy (case presentation) • JML Journal of Medicine and Life

2014, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp 623 – 626

Electrocutions – treatment strategy (case presentation)

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Ungureanu M ^*

* *“Grigore Alexandrescu” Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Department

Correspondence to:Mihaela Ungureanu, MD “Grigore Alexandrescu” Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Department 30-32 Iancu de Hunedoara Blvd., District 1, Bucharest Mobile phone: + 0721721315, E-mail: zilnic@yahoo.com

Abstract

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.

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electrocutionescharotomyfasciotomyskin grafting

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

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