PMID: 26837247Feb 4, 2016Paper

Treatment of 568 patients with frostbite in northeastern China with an analysis of rate of amputation

Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns
Haitao SuZhuo Lyu

Abstract

To study the key points of treatment and amputation in patients with frostbite, so as to increase the successful rate of the treatment. Five hundred and sixty-eight patients with frostbite admitted to our department from January 2005 to December 2014. (1) For the patients admitted to our department within one week after injury, the frostbite wounds were soaked in 42 °C herbal fluid (twice per day, 30 min for each time) and irradiated with infrared or red light (three times per day, 40 min for each time) from the day of admission to the 7th day after injury. Meanwhile, treatment for improvement of microcirculation, vasodilation, and anti-infection were also given. Then they received infrared or red light irradiation to the wound sites. For the patients admitted to our department longer than one week after frostbite, the frostbite wounds were irradiated with infrared or red light, and treated with antibiotics if inflammation was found around the wound. Among all the patients, 5 cases suffered from frozen stiff, and they were given fluid resuscitation as well as above-mentioned treatments after admission. (2) All patients were given wound treatment immediately after admission. The superficial partial-thickness wounds and deep part...Continue Reading

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