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High-voltage electrical injury complicated by compartment syndrome and acute kidney injury with successful limb salvage: A case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Although an uncommon form of admission to a burns centre, the deep, penetrating nature of noxious currents mean that electrical burns have the most catastrophic consequences of all burn injuries. Understanding the physics of electricity is crucial to explaining the mechanisms of tissue...

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Autores principales: Ho, Christopher Wei Guang, Yang, Shi-Hui, Wong, Chu Hui, Chong, Si Jack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29787959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.039