Citation

Hwang JC, Himel HN, Edlich RF. Burns 1996; 22(2): 152-153.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8634126

Abstract

Exposure of the skin to nitrous oxide, a liquified gas stored under pressure in a cylinder, can occur in anaesthesiologists and in those involved in recreational misuse of the gas. A case is reported of a man who presented to the emergency department after sniffing nitrous oxide and sustaining frostbite injury to his left cheek. Conservative management of this injury allowed spontaneous separation of the necrotic tissue and healing of the granulating wound by contraction.

Language: en