King cobra bite – Can early decompression prevent digital amputation?

King cobra bites are extremely rare in the western world. These bites can be fatal due to the large volume of the venom injected. We report a case of digital ischaemia from a King cobra bite in a young man who was working in a zoo in Netherlands. He was protected from systemic envenomation as he was...

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Autores principales: Imran, Rizwana, Vanat, Qureish, Hausien, Omar, Jose, Rajive
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33299920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2020.11.004
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description King cobra bites are extremely rare in the western world. These bites can be fatal due to the large volume of the venom injected. We report a case of digital ischaemia from a King cobra bite in a young man who was working in a zoo in Netherlands. He was protected from systemic envenomation as he was wearing a protective glove. However, his right index finger developed subsequent gangrene and he underwent a ray amputation. The current literature on the management of snake bites to hands is reviewed and the role of early decompression discussed.
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spelling pubmed-77044062020-12-08 King cobra bite – Can early decompression prevent digital amputation? Imran, Rizwana Vanat, Qureish Hausien, Omar Jose, Rajive JPRAS Open Case Report King cobra bites are extremely rare in the western world. These bites can be fatal due to the large volume of the venom injected. We report a case of digital ischaemia from a King cobra bite in a young man who was working in a zoo in Netherlands. He was protected from systemic envenomation as he was wearing a protective glove. However, his right index finger developed subsequent gangrene and he underwent a ray amputation. The current literature on the management of snake bites to hands is reviewed and the role of early decompression discussed. Elsevier 2020-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7704406/ /pubmed/33299920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2020.11.004 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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