Plastic surgical management of a cobra bite – a case study

Cobra bites are quite rare in European countries as these snakes are not native there. Toxins are devastating for tissue resulting in massive necrosis, thus plastic surgery might play a role in reconstruction of the lost tissue. A case of a male patient bitten by a thai cobra in the left index finge...

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Main Authors: Kuhbier, Jörn W., Radtke, Christine, Vogt, Peter M.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-02-01
Series:GMS German Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Burn and Hand Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gpras/2017-7/gpras000045.shtml