Lower Extremity Tissue Defect Caused by Mobile Phone Charger Explosion: A Case Report

As the usage of cell phones is markedly increasing worldwide, accidental injuries and even lethal damages caused by cellular phone explosions have been reported lately. Although, cell phone charger explosion related scalding and tissue loss is extremely rare, they generally cause severe damage to ti...

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Autores principales: DURAN, Arif, OCAK, Tarık, TEKELIOGLU, Umit Yasar, KARABEKMEZ, Furkan Erol, CETIN, Ayse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27331177
http://dx.doi.org/10.5505/1304.7361.2014.45467
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Sumario:As the usage of cell phones is markedly increasing worldwide, accidental injuries and even lethal damages caused by cellular phone explosions have been reported lately. Although, cell phone charger explosion related scalding and tissue loss is extremely rare, they generally cause severe damage to tissues and cause severe complications, ending up in hospitalization. We are presenting a case of 9-year old female patient who was admitted to our emergency service due to a phone charger explosion that resulted in a lower extremity tissue defect.

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