Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2019; 86(3):220-222 | DOI: 10.55095/achot2019/034

Electrical Burn with an Extensive Deep Defect of the Fronto-Orbital RegionCase report

P. LENGYEL1,*, E. FRIŠMAN1, J. KUBAŠOVSKÝ2
1 Klinika popálenín a rekonštrukčnej chirurgie Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Nemocnica Košice-Šaca, člen skupiny AGEL, Košice
2 Klinika muskuloskeletálnej a športovej medicíny Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Nemocnica Košice-Šaca, člen skupiny AGEL, Košice

A 34-year-old worker suffered electrical burns on his head and right hand caused by the contact with a 380 V power source. He was unconscious, intubated, hospitalised at the ICU, and later he woke up. The entry wound was on the right hand and the exit wound on the head. These factors resulted in an extensive deep mutilating defect of the right fronto-orbital region. This article describes the management and surgical treatment of this interesting case of burn injury.

Keywords: electrical injury, surgical treatment

Published: June 1, 2019  Show citation

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LENGYEL P, FRIŠMAN E, KUBAŠOVSKÝ J. Electrical Burn with an Extensive Deep Defect of the Fronto-Orbital Region. Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2019;86(3):220-222. doi: 10.55095/achot2019/034. PubMed PMID: 31333188.
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