Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns
Electrical burns are traumatic injuries that lead to tissue necrosis of varying extent and depth. They are accompanied by large muscle destruction and are capable of causing large disfiguring or disabling sequelae, and even death. In these lesions, damage is greater in the tendon insertions and the...
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Editorial Ciencias Médicas
2012-07-01
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| author | Alexander García Urquijo Romy Lorenzo Manzanas Horacio Martines Izquierdo |
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| description | Electrical burns are traumatic injuries that lead to tissue necrosis of varying extent and depth. They are accompanied by large muscle destruction and are capable of causing large disfiguring or disabling sequelae, and even death. In these lesions, damage is greater in the tendon insertions and the periosteal regions, especially in deep muscle groups; blood vessels progressively thrombose and are responsible for secondary necrosis hindering the circulation into the affected area. Both the broad muscular and vascular damage lead to limb amputation in 60% of the victims, and serious motor limitations. The case of a 21-year-old white male patient is reported. A worker of Electric Company with a history of previous health, he suffered an electric thermal injury that destroyed the entire anterior muscle group of his right leg, leaving intact a narrow strip of posterior tissue. Although the possible amputation was discussed, it was preferred a watchful waiting because the little viable tissue could guarantee adequate irrigation without edema and a successful recovery. At discharge, it was noticed a limitation of the foot flexion that almost did not affect the patient's gait. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea3cad3c0bab4daca331135f77dc90ab2022-12-22T02:43:25ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272012-07-01635863713Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burnsAlexander García Urquijo0Romy Lorenzo Manzanas1Horacio Martines Izquierdo2Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CubaHospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CubaHospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CubaElectrical burns are traumatic injuries that lead to tissue necrosis of varying extent and depth. They are accompanied by large muscle destruction and are capable of causing large disfiguring or disabling sequelae, and even death. In these lesions, damage is greater in the tendon insertions and the periosteal regions, especially in deep muscle groups; blood vessels progressively thrombose and are responsible for secondary necrosis hindering the circulation into the affected area. Both the broad muscular and vascular damage lead to limb amputation in 60% of the victims, and serious motor limitations. The case of a 21-year-old white male patient is reported. A worker of Electric Company with a history of previous health, he suffered an electric thermal injury that destroyed the entire anterior muscle group of his right leg, leaving intact a narrow strip of posterior tissue. Although the possible amputation was discussed, it was preferred a watchful waiting because the little viable tissue could guarantee adequate irrigation without edema and a successful recovery. At discharge, it was noticed a limitation of the foot flexion that almost did not affect the patient's gait.http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/745quemaduras por electricidad/etiologíatraumatismos de la pierna |
| spellingShingle | Alexander García Urquijo Romy Lorenzo Manzanas Horacio Martines Izquierdo Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns Acta Médica del Centro quemaduras por electricidad/etiología traumatismos de la pierna |
| title | Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| title_full | Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| title_fullStr | Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| title_short | Destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| title_sort | destruction of the anterior muscle group of the leg in a patient with electrical burns |
| topic | quemaduras por electricidad/etiología traumatismos de la pierna |
| url | http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/745 |
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