Role of high ligation in high tension electric burn

Abstract

Electric burns constitute 4%-6.5% of all burn cases in the western world and
 24.49% in India (1,2). High tension burns often requires limbs amputations, the amputation
 rate reported in high-tension electrical burn injuries ranges from 10% to 68% (2).
 Amputations of a limb in electric burn patients require special consideration of high ligation
 of vessels because of progressive necrosis due to vascular injury and prolonged production of
 thromboxane with electric burns. High ligation of vessels significantly decreases the
 secondary haemorrhage chances. We do routinely perform high ligation in all cases of high
tension electric burn requiring limb amputation