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Industrial high-voltage electrical burn of the skull, a preventable injury
H R Wright1, D B Drake, A J Gear
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Deep burns of the scalp and skull are often caused by high-voltage electrical injuries. Patients with such injuries should be referred to regional burn centers that are prepared to excise necrotic burn tissue and cover the devitalized bone with a well-vascularized flap. Strategies for prevention of these electrical burns are discussed.