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Microwave Treatment of Cold Injuries

In spite of the fact that extremity frostbites are a widespread type of injuries in many countries, specialized equipment for frostbite treatment is lacking. Treatment is carried out by conservative methods. The best results are obtained by using thermal isolation of injured tissues and activation o...

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Autores principales: Gavrilin, Eugene V., Dunaevskiy, Grigory E., Antipov, Vladimir B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34321810
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_142_20
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Dunaevskiy, Grigory E.
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description In spite of the fact that extremity frostbites are a widespread type of injuries in many countries, specialized equipment for frostbite treatment is lacking. Treatment is carried out by conservative methods. The best results are obtained by using thermal isolation of injured tissues and activation of internal warming. It is proposed to initiate deep warming of frostbitten extremities on exposure to low-power microwave radiation. A microwave chamber has been developed to implement this technique. The efficiency of the approach was earlier demonstrated on animals. An example is given of successful treatment of a cold injury of patient hands and feet that allowed amputation to be avoided.
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spelling pubmed-83129172021-07-27 Microwave Treatment of Cold Injuries Gavrilin, Eugene V. Dunaevskiy, Grigory E. Antipov, Vladimir B. J Emerg Trauma Shock Case Report In spite of the fact that extremity frostbites are a widespread type of injuries in many countries, specialized equipment for frostbite treatment is lacking. Treatment is carried out by conservative methods. The best results are obtained by using thermal isolation of injured tissues and activation of internal warming. It is proposed to initiate deep warming of frostbitten extremities on exposure to low-power microwave radiation. A microwave chamber has been developed to implement this technique. The efficiency of the approach was earlier demonstrated on animals. An example is given of successful treatment of a cold injury of patient hands and feet that allowed amputation to be avoided. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8312917/ /pubmed/34321810 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_142_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312917/
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