Electrosurgical excision of full-thickness burns.

Abstract

Massive intraoperative blood loss and poor graft take have been the major problems associated with early excision and immediate grafting of full-thickness burns. By employing electrosurgery, excessive blood loss was virtually eliminated in a series of major burn excisions. Immediate graft take was excellent on electrosurgical wounds after primary burn excisions and in late reconstructive procedures. Simplicity, improved hemostasia, good graft take, and the absence of special anesthetic requirements make this method particularly applicable to the management of patients with burn injury.

• Authors: R J Lewis, W C Quniby Jr
• Journal: Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) (Arch Surg) Vol. 110 Issue 2 Pg. 191-4 (Feb 1975) ISSN: 0004-0010 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1090284 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Silver Nitrate

Topics

• Abdomen (surgery)
• Adolescent
• Ankle (surgery)
• Arm (surgery)
• Axilla (surgery)
• Burns (drug therapy, surgery)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Elbow (surgery)
• Electrosurgery (methods)
• Female
• Hemorrhage (prevention & control)
• Humans
• Male
• Neck (surgery)
• Silver Nitrate (therapeutic use)
• Skin Transplantation
• Transplantation, Autologous
• Transplantation, Homologous