High-Voltage Injuries by Contact With Overhead Lines: Case Reports of Two Young Girls

Betül Y Günal; Filipp Sokolovski; Nikolaus Neu; Anton Herbert Schwabegger; Tatjana Tamara König; Veronika Engel; Oliver J Muensterer

doi:10.1093/jbcr/irab209

High-Voltage Injuries by Contact With Overhead Lines: Case Reports of Two Young Girls

J Burn Care Res. 2022 Mar 23;43(2):496-498. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irab209.

Authors

Betül Y Günal¹, Filipp Sokolovski², Nikolaus Neu³, Anton Herbert Schwabegger⁴, Tatjana Tamara König¹, Veronika Engel¹, Oliver J Muensterer^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
² Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany.

PMID: 34695205
DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irab209

Abstract

High-voltage burn injuries are rare in the pediatric age group, but can lead to devastating, severe sequelae. We present the cases of two young girls who suffered high-voltage burn injuries due to direct contact with overhead power lines. Both patients came from difficult psychosocial backgrounds. The injuries resulted in severe long-term consequences and functional deficits.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Burns* / etiology
Burns* / therapy
Child
Female
Humans