Extravasation injuries and emergency suction as treatment

• Published in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) Vol. 105; no. 1; p. 109
• Main Authors: Vandeweyer, E, Heymans, O, Deraemaecker, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2000
• Subjects: Aged; Burns, Chemical - surgery; Contrast Media - adverse effects; Emergencies; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials - surgery; Female; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Iothalamate Meglumine - adverse effects; Lipectomy; Male; Middle Aged; Therapeutic Irrigation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

To evaluate the efficiency of emergency suction in extravasation injuries of contrast medium, records of 11 patients treated for extravasation injuries with a combination of suction and saline washout were reviewed. All of the patients were treated in the first 2 hours after injury. The mean extrava...