Electrical Burns of Lips and Mouth in Infants and Children

Pitts, William M.; Pickrell, Kenneth; Quinn, Galen W.; Massengill, Raymond

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“…The mean patient age was 7.7 years (range, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Eighty-six (60%) of all injuries were related to lowvoltage exposures (<1000 V); all low-voltage-caused in¬ juries occurred inside the household. The Figure shows the patient age and sex distribution.…”

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Mechanisms of Pediatric Electrical Injury

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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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“…Usually, variable expanses of both lips, laterally, plus the corners of the mouth will be found coagulated or charred. Detailed descriptions of the phenomena have been given by Pitts (17) and others (4,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)65), and also reviewed by Oglesby of NBS (66). Specific case histories can be found in those reports.…”

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“…In the general assessment, the current involved is small (5,10,11,17), on the order of 100 ma (5). At low current levels the heat developed should be very small.…”

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Electrical injuries - a literature review

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“…Compared to conventional burns, these injuries are characterized by an increased morbidity and worse potential for rehabilitation [1]. Electrical bums are infrequent when compared with flame and scald burns [2]. It accounts for 1500 deaths per year and more than 4000 cases reported to the emergency unit in the United States [3].…”

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Challenges of reconstructing a large frontal defect following electrical burns in a resource limited environment: Our experience

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Facial electrical burn injuries are rare and complex. They require initial primary management followed by multi-staged secondary reconstruction to obtain satisfactory functional and aesthetic results.We present a 32years old male electrical technician with an indigenous company who sustained electrical burns to the maxillofacial region while fixing a faulty transformer. Initial resuscitation was done in a peripheral Hospital before referral to us. He had necrosis of the frontal and temporal soft and hard tissues bilaterally, loss of the upper eye lid bilaterally and loss of vision in the right eye. He had debridement of entire necrotic soft tissue and multi-staged saucerization and trephination of necrotic cranial bone was done over a period of 18 months to allow granulation tissue to form. Subsequently a split thickness skin graft was harvested from the right thigh and laid to cover the frontotemporal defect. The desire and determination of both the patient and surgical team to improve on appearance led to a fairly acceptable outcome notwithstanding the challenges of inadequate funds, poor facilities and equipment and limited experience in micro vascular free flaps. IntroductionHigh-voltage electrical burns represent a challenging surgical entity. Compared to conventional burns, these injuries are characterized by an increased morbidity and worse potential for rehabilitation [1]. Electrical bums are infrequent when compared with flame and scald burns [2]. It accounts for 1500 deaths per year and more than 4000 cases reported to the emergency unit in the United States [3]. These injuries also account for 2% to 3% of all admissions to hospital burn centers, and that number is slowly increasing. 4 Case reportA 32 years old male electrical technician with an indigenous company who sustained electrical burns to the face while on routine repair of a faulty transformer. Immediate resuscitation with intravenous fluid and antibiotics was done in a primary health centre close to the location of the accident. He presented to our clinic 10 days after the accident. At presentation he was stable, conscious, well oriented but in moderate pain. There was necrosis of soft tissues of the bridge of the nose, frontal, temporal regions and upper eye lids bilaterally. Ophthalmological examination revealed loss of vision in the right eye and exposure keratitis of the left eye. Soft tissue debridement was done under general anaesthesia after routine investigation which confirmed necrosis of frontal and temporal bones (Figures 1,2).Saucerization and trephination of frontal and temporal bones was done under intravenous sedation using a drill and a blunt bur to remove necrotic bone to induce formation of granulation tissue (Figures 3,4). Subsequently a split thickness skin graft was harvested from the right thigh to cover the defect. The Ophthalmologist covered the left viable eye with saline soaked gauge after application of chloramphenicol ointment and patient was adviced to get sunglasses to protect the eye [4][5][6] (Figures ...

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Electrical Burns of Lips and Mouth in Infants and Children

Cited by 9 publications

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Mechanisms of Pediatric Electrical Injury

Mechanisms of Pediatric Electrical Injury

Electrical injuries - a literature review

Challenges of reconstructing a large frontal defect following electrical burns in a resource limited environment: Our experience

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