Single-Stage Composite Reconstruction Of Complex Electrical Burn Defects By Microvascular Techniques - A Prospective Study.

Abstract

Electrical burn constitutes a major proportion of patients admitted to the burn ward with life- as well as limb-threatening complications. Due to the severity of an electric current passing through the body, local tissues are greatly damaged. These patients require multiple debridements and surgeries to cover the composite defect resulting from a high voltage electrical contact burn. In our study, we intend to evaluate the application of microvascular reconstruction by doing a free tissue transfer on an electrical burn defect, and determine how doing a composite reconstruction of a complex defect in a single stage helps in decreasing morbidity.