TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - Visceral complications of electrical burn injury. A report of two cases and review of the literature JO - West Indian medical journal A1 - Branday, J. M. A1 - DuQuesnay, D. R. A1 - Yeesing, M. T. A1 - Duncan, N. D. SP - 110 EP - 113 VL - 38 IS - 2 N2 - Two patients with high voltage electrical injury involving the trunk are presented. Both injuries were complicated by visceral damage; and one patient died from sepsis secondary to bowel perforation. The rarity of this complication is examined in light of the pathophysiology of electrical injury; and its management is discussed with reference to previously published reports on this condition.
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