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01.08.2013 | Case Report

Hot airflow burn injury in a paraplegic patient: report of a case

verfasst von: Klaus Pfurtscheller, MD, Thomas Petnehazy, MD, Michael Valentin Schintler, MD, Marija Trop, MD

Erschienen in: European Surgery | Ausgabe 4/2013

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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
Klaus Pfurtscheller, MD
Thomas Petnehazy, MD
Michael Valentin Schintler, MD
Marija Trop, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2013
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
European Surgery / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1682-8631
Elektronische ISSN: 1682-4016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-013-0192-1