• Burns · Dec 1992

    Electrical burns in Kuwait: a review and analysis of 64 cases.

    • R K Gang and J Bajec.
    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Burns, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait.
    • Burns. 1992 Dec 1;18(6):497-9.

    AbstractSixty-four patients with electrical burns were admitted to the Department of Plastic Surgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait during the past 6 years. There were 1202 admissions during this period, the incidence of electrical burns being 5.3 per cent. Sixty-nine per cent of the patients sustained injury from direct contact with live electrical wire, the remaining 31 per cent sustained flash burns. The incidence of low voltage injury was much higher as compared to high voltage. Forty-four per cent of these injuries were not work related. Less than 10 per cent of the body surface area was involved in about 80 per cent of the patients. A total of 65 operations was carried out in 39 patients. Twenty of these patients had repeated debridements until the wound was ready for coverage. All 64 patients survived.

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