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New Indian Journal of Surgery 13(4):p 157-159, October - December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.13422.2
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Role of External Tissue Expansion Wound Closure in the Electrical Burn Wound to the Scalp
Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Jackson Nuli, Barath Kumar Singh
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New Indian Journal of Surgery 13(4):p 157-159, October - December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.13422.2
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Jackson Nuli, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Barath Kumar Singh/Role of External Tissue Expansion Wound Closure in the Electrical Burn Wound to the Scalp/New Indian J Surg. 2022;13(4): 157–159.Timeline
Received : September 28, 2022
Accepted : November 01, 2022
Published : December 25, 2022
Abstract
Electrical burns constitute 3–5% of all burn cases; in developing countries, this ratio increases up to 21–27% and the mortality rate is reported to be between 3.75% and 58.8%. Most of the acute burns are life threatening, and require various types of surgical interventions such as eschar excision or split thickness skin grafting, depending on the size, location and depth of the lesion. The deep electrical burns to the scalp were difficult to manage as it was more prone to exposure of the calvarial bone. In our case, calvarial boneat the vertex exposed post eschar excision. Tissue expansion is based on the principle that all living tissues respond in a dynamic fashion to mechanical stress placed on them. Below we present a case of electrical burns wound to the calvarium utilizing the use simple costeffective external tissue expansion technique for preventing wound retraction and for holding the dressing of the scalp wound.
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We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.
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Jackson Nuli, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Barath Kumar Singh/Role of External Tissue Expansion Wound Closure in the Electrical Burn Wound to the Scalp/New Indian J Surg. 2022;13(4): 157–159.
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| September 28, 2022 | November 01, 2022 | December 25, 2022 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.13422.2
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| Received | September 28, 2022 |
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| Published | December 25, 2022 |
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