Citation

Talanow D, Rohrbach M. Handchir. Mikrochir. Plast. Chir. 2011; 43(1): 60-62.

Vernacular Title

Ein seltener toxikologischer Notfall: Schlangenbiss der Hornviper.

Affiliation

Bergmannsheil und Kinderklinik Buer gGmbH, Klinik für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie, Intensivstation für Schwerbrandverletzte, Gelsenkirchen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0030-1269887

PMID

21321815

Abstract

We report on the snakebite injury of a 27-year-old male patient by a saharan horned viper in his left middle finger. General symptoms (thrombocytopenia, fibrinolysis and rhabdomyolysis) were leading and required observation at close intervals on intensive care unit and the application of a specific antiserum. At the finger a local necrectomy for the haemorrhagic necrosis was needed, followed by split-skin grafting for tissue coverage.

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