Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit
Frostbite may cause lesions. The severity ranges from superficial wounds to severe cases with loss of limbs and tissue. Hence, proper treatment is of utmost importance. We present a case of an 18-year-old man from Arctic Greenland who was admitted with severe frostbite lesions involving both hands....
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5534747 2023-05-15T14:59:42+02:00 Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit Ekdahl, Martin Penninga, Luit 2017-06-19 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5534747/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630224 https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219672 en eng BMJ Publishing Group http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5534747/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219672 © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Article Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219672 2019-06-23T00:08:23Z Frostbite may cause lesions. The severity ranges from superficial wounds to severe cases with loss of limbs and tissue. Hence, proper treatment is of utmost importance. We present a case of an 18-year-old man from Arctic Greenland who was admitted with severe frostbite lesions involving both hands. The patient had fallen asleep outside during extreme temperatures. He was treated conservatively with proper wound care, antibiotics and intensive physical therapy. The patient made a full recovery without sequelae. The current report emphasises that non-operative treatment should be attempted for frostbite lesions, as conservative treatment often results in good outcomes. Text Arctic Greenland greenlandic inuit PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Greenland BMJ Case Reports bcr-2017-219672 |
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Frostbite may cause lesions. The severity ranges from superficial wounds to severe cases with loss of limbs and tissue. Hence, proper treatment is of utmost importance. We present a case of an 18-year-old man from Arctic Greenland who was admitted with severe frostbite lesions involving both hands. The patient had fallen asleep outside during extreme temperatures. He was treated conservatively with proper wound care, antibiotics and intensive physical therapy. The patient made a full recovery without sequelae. The current report emphasises that non-operative treatment should be attempted for frostbite lesions, as conservative treatment often results in good outcomes. |
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Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit |
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Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit |
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Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit |
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Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit |
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Successful conservative treatment of severe frostbite lesions in a Greenlandic Inuit |
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