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Study of clinical pattern of limb loss in electrical burn injuries

机译：电气烧伤损伤肢体损失的临床模式研究

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Introduction: Electrical burn injuries are devastating and cause not only loss of life but also severe disabilities in the form of limb loss. Increase in urbanization, industrialization and overcrowding has led to an increase in electric injuries. Material and methods: The study was prospective in nature evaluating electric burns and studied the pattern of limb loss for a duration of 18 months from October 2016 to March 2018. Parameters recorded were demographic data, clinical data regarding the electrical injuries, complications, and outcomes. Results: Male patients made up 85.3% of cases. Mean TBSA was 24.76 +/- 19.18%. Mean age was 27.59 +/- 13.73 years. Pediatric patients made up 17%. High voltage burns constituted 68.2 %. Electric contact burn was the most common type making up 49.5% of cases. The most common cause was occupational (38.9%). A fasciotomy was required in 22% of cases with an amputation rate of 38% (209 out of 550). There were 190 major amputations and 106 minor amputations. Overall, the right upper limb amputations were twice as common as the left. The ratio of upper limb: lower limb amputation was 4:1. Fifty patients (23.9%) required revision amputation. The age group 11 to 30 years made up 55.5% of amputations. There was no statistical difference in amputation rates between males (31.31%) and females (41.97%). In patients with TBSA less than 25% amputation rate was 47.77% as compared to patients with more than 25% TBSA, 19.47% (p<0.001). Most amputations occurred due to electric contact burns (74.16%). In the high voltage group, 46.1% underwent amputation vs low voltage group -20.6% (p<0.001). Overall mortality rate was 12.7%. Three hundred patients (55%) had low level of awareness regarding consequences of electric injury. Thirty one percent had medium level of awareness and only 14 % had high level of awareness. There was a significant correlation between education level and awareness in adult patients (p<0.001). Seventy percent of persons with occupational injuries used only footwear and no other protective equipment. Conclusion: Increasing public awareness, safety measures at workplaces are measures that will help reducing electrical burns which reduce limb and life loss. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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