@article{ref1,
title="Electrical burns suffered by copper thieves",
journal="Annals of burns and fire disasters",
year="2011",
author="Belmir, R. and Fejjal, N. and Achbouk, H. and El Mazouz, S. and Gharib, N. and Abassi, A. and Belmahi, A.",
volume="24",
number="2",
pages="63-66",
abstract="Thefts of copper appear to have been on the increase for some time owing to its high resale price. This has led to an increase in the number of high-voltage electrical accidents (HVEA). Such accidents are very serious because they cause deep burns along the neurovascular axis. A report is presented describing a series of nine patients presenting HVEA admitted to the Ibn Sina Hospital Plastic Surgery and Burns Division in Rabat, Morocco, with a study of the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects. The patients all belonged to the young and active sector of the population. The burns were secondary to contact with high-voltage cables occurring during the attempted stealing of copper by stripping electric conductors in transformers (67% of the cases) and in attempts to cut overhead lines supplying electric trains on the railway network (33%). Electrothermal treatment of the lesions required repeated surgery with amputation and disarticulation of necrotic limb segments (67% of the cases), the consequences of which were marked by disabling functional sequelae. Preventing this type of HVEA remains fundamental.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1592-9558",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}