TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Electrical burns suffered by copper thieves
JO  - Annals of burns and fire disasters
A1  - Belmir, R.
A1  - Fejjal, N.
A1  - Achbouk, H.
A1  - El Mazouz, S.
A1  - Gharib, N.
A1  - Abassi, A.
A1  - Belmahi, A.
SP  - 63
EP  - 66
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - fr
SN  - 1592-9558
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -