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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
Print version ISSN 0025-7680On-line version ISSN 1669-9106
Abstract
MURIAS, Ricardo et al. Therapeutic approach to electric burn with platelet rich plasma, grafts and hyperbaric oxygenation. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2021, vol.81, n.2, pp.297-300. ISSN 0025-7680.
Contact electrical burns are more severe than other forms of contact burn injury. Moreover, treatment of hand burns is an important therapeutic challenge. We present a 17 year-old female of low voltage electric hand injury, admitted 5 days after injury. The patient was treated with autologous platelet rich plasma, porcine dermis heterograft and partial autologous skin graft, all of them with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) at 1.45 ATA ≈100% O2 like adjuvant therapy. Good evolution and acceptable aesthetic results were reported. Although more studies are required, we suggest that multi-therapeutic approach could be effective in treatment for electric burns in hands.
Keywords : Electrical injuries; Burns in hands; Grafts; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.