Hot airflow burn injury in a paraplegic patient: report of a case
- 01.08.2013
- Case Report
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Klaus Pfurtscheller, MD
- Thomas Petnehazy, MD
- Michael Valentin Schintler, MD
- Marija Trop, MD
- Erschienen in
- European Surgery | Ausgabe 4/2013
Summary
Background
A 24-year-old paraplegic woman suffered deep dermal burns to both hands and circumferential burns to all fingers after a manicure. To accelerate the drying process of the nail polish, the caregiver used a hairdryer. Due to her impaired pain sensation, the patient could not feel the happening skin damage and the inexperienced caregiver did not even consider such a possibility.
Methods
Case report and review of the literature.
Results
After conservative treatment for 3 weeks, we performed skin grafting on the remaining unhealed wound areas with a 100 % take rate and good final results.
Conclusions
The need of a hot air stream during a manicure is questionable. However, in a patient without sensation of pain, its use requires extreme care; otherwise, thermal injuries can easily occur.
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- Titel
- Hot airflow burn injury in a paraplegic patient: report of a case
- Verfasst von
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Klaus Pfurtscheller, MD
Thomas Petnehazy, MD
Michael Valentin Schintler, MD
Marija Trop, MD
- Publikationsdatum
- 01.08.2013
- Verlag
- Springer Vienna
- Erschienen in
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European Surgery / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1682-8631
Elektronische ISSN: 1682-4016 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-013-0192-1
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