Citation

Wright HR, Drake DB, Gear AJ, Wheeler JC, Edlich RF. J. Emerg. Med. 1997; 15(3): 345-349.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9258785

Abstract

Deep burns of the scalp and skull are often caused by high-voltage electrical injuries. Patients with such injuries should be referred to regional burn centers that are prepared to excise necrotic burn tissue and cover the devitalized bone with a well-vascularized flap. Strategies for prevention of these electrical burns are discussed.