Citation

Marsigny B, Foray J. Z. Unfallchir. Versicherungsmed. 1990; 83(3): 152-158.

Vernacular Title

Les gelures: mise au point mai 1990.

Affiliation

Hôpital de Chamonix Mont-Blanc.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Verlag Hans Huber)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2245101

Abstract

Frostbites are a frequent pathology in mountain sports; we treat 80 cases per years in Chamonix. Usually due to a bad equipment, they are favoured by humidity, wind, the high altitude polycythemia and dehydration. Physiopathology associates a physic phenomenon (freezing) with a vasomotor response. Diagnosis is obvious; the forecast rests on the bone scintigraphy and treatment combines fast warm up, vasodilators, hemodilution and late surgery. Only 8% of our patients have amputations. The best treatment is prevention.

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