Post Electrical Burn Injury Of Hand With Functional Reconstruction In A 6 Year Old – A Case Report

Abstract

A minor percentage of burn cases in the paediatric age are electrical burn injuries, which have a major long-term psychological and functional impairment and considerable morbidity. Older age groups were more commonly impacted, and high voltage burns were the most common kind. Electrical burn injuries are seen 4 times more in males than females. Management ranges from requiring local wound care to skin grafting and flap cover.Adherence to safety standards, education of parents, and improved health infrastructure can all serve as basic preventative measures that can lessen the significant effect of electrical burn injuries. This is a case report where we discuss regarding the presentation, management of a 6 year old girl who presented with electrical burn injury to the left hand.