• Injury · Mar 1990

    Case Reports

    Severe electrical injury from a graphite fishing rod.

    • A M Clarke and A L Moss.
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
    • Injury. 1990 Mar 1;21(2):120-1.

    AbstractHigh tension electrical injuries have a high morbidity and mortality. Carbon fibre and graphite used in the manufacture of fishing rods gives them superconductor qualities. We report a case which teaches an important lesson not only in the management of such severe injuries, but also in their prevention.

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