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Ye-Yang Li1, Liang Min, Jun Huang
1Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University Medical College, Guangzhou People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A patient sustained high-voltage electrical burns with third-degree burns over 35.5% of his body surface, which included a large direct wound on the left chest wall, exposing the heart. The heart and lungs were severely injured. Subsequently, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, and respiratory failure developed. He was successfully treated with fluid resuscitation, antibiotics, drainage of the pericardium and pleural cavities, early removal of necrotic tissue, skin grafting, and reconstruction of the chest wall with a 13 x 27-cm delay-flap, as well as a number of supportive measures. The patient gradually recovered and was discharged in 6 months.
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