Surgical treatment of high-voltage electrical injuries;Die chirurgische behandlung von hochspannungsverletzungen

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Handschin, Alexander Edmund ^a   Jung, F J ^a   Guggenheim, M ^a   Moser, V ^a   Wedler, V ^a   Contaldo, C ^a   Kuenzi, W ^a   Giovanoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Burns; Fasciotomy; High voltage injury; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HAND AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURIES; BURNS, ELECTRIC; DEBRIDEMENT; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAND INJURIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LEG INJURIES; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36348985471     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965721     Document Type: Article

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