DOI: 10.363247/sjmcr.2018.v06i10.028

Pages: 843-847

High-voltage electrical accidents (HVEA) cause deep scalds by the Joule effect along the vasculo-nervous axis between the entry and exit points, which are the seat of lacerating lesions. A series is reported of six cases of HVEA admitted to the service of plastic surgery and burns unit, Children Hospital, Rabat, Morocco, in which the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics are studied. All the patients were children, male (mean age, 11 yr). In 60% of the cases, the scalds were secondary to contact with the distributors of electricity. The burn surface area was less than 20% in 66% of the cases. The treatment of electro-thermic lesions required iterative interventions with amputation of necrotic member segments in 33% of cases, with sequelae marked by disabling functional after-effects. The prevention of HVEA remains fundamental.