Deep gluteal grounding pad burn after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Ann Ital Chir. 2015 Jun 24;86(ePub):S2239253X15023944.

Abstract

Although skin burns at the site of grounding pad are a known risk of surgery, their exact incidence is unknown. We first report the case of a patient who presented a deep gluteal burn at the site of the grounding pad after an abdominal aortic aneurism repair, the etiology and the challenging treatment required to overcome this complication.

Nonostante le ustioni a livello della piastra dell’elettrobisturi siano una nota, possibile, complicanza della chirurgia moderna, la loro reale incidenza resta ignota. Gli Autori presentano per primi un caso di ustione profonda a livello gluteo in un paziente sottoposto a chirurgia dell’aorta addominale per aneurisma. Particolare interesse rivestono l’eziologia, la presentazione clinica e il complesso trattamento multidisciplinare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Burns, Electric / etiology*
  • Burns, Electric / surgery
  • Buttocks / injuries*
  • Coinfection
  • Debridement
  • Electrosurgery / adverse effects*
  • Electrosurgery / instrumentation
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / surgery
  • Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Leg / blood supply
  • Lumbosacral Plexus / injuries
  • Lumbosacral Plexus / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Sural Nerve / physiopathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents