Summary
Injection of ‘lighter fuel’ with suicidal intent is rare. Extravasation of the chemical
may rarely cause systemic toxicity, but usually it results in extensive soft tissue
damage. Such injuries when managed by the traditional expectant policy are associated
with considerable morbidity. Early aggressive surgical management using ‘saline flush
out’ limits the tissue damage by stopping the natural progression of the chemical
mediated injury and the subsequent inflammatory response, thereby allowing better
skin preservation and functional outcome in these cases. We report a case of ‘lighter
fuel’ subcutaneous extravasation injury managed by ‘saline flush out’ technique soon
after presentation.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 15, 2006
Accepted:
January 18,
2006
Received:
August 8,
2005
Footnotes
☆This work has neither been published nor presented elsewhere.
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© 2006 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
