Comment on indications of limb amputation in 13 high-voltage electrical burns that were treated in Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
- Author:
Hung Quang Do
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
burn
- MeSH:
Burns;
amputation
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
1998;354(9):25-28
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
53 patients with high-voltage electrical burns who were treated in the Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Cho Ray Hospital from January 1995 to August 1997 were reviewed. There were 126 electrical burn admissions in this period. Rate of high-voltage electrical burns was 42.06%. Amputation is required in 13 patients because of progressive muscle necrosis and infection. Fasciotomy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes may be needed.
