Frozen chips: an unusual cause of severe frostbite injury.

@article{citeulike:2673931, abstract = {A case of severe frostbite injury to the right foot is presented. This was caused by the inappropriate application of a bag of frozen chips to the foot in an attempt to ease non-specific pain. No specific acute traumatic injury was identified. As the patient was a teacher of physical education, the pain had initially been assumed to originate from a minor musculoskeletal injury. Full recovery ensued after surgical excision of necrotic tissue and split skin grafting. The danger of inappropriate overenthusiastic use of ice packs or other frozen material to treat soft tissue injuries is emphasised. The need for education to prevent similar future injuries is discussed.}, address = {Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ColinGraham@bigfoot.com}, author = {Graham, C. A. and Stevenson, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2673931}, issn = {0306-3674}, journal = {British journal of sports medicine}, keywords = {de, frostbite}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {382--383}, posted-at = {2008-04-15 17:32:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Frozen chips: an unusual cause of severe frostbite injury.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11049150}, volume = {34}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2673931 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2673931 N2 - A case of severe frostbite injury to the right foot is presented. This was caused by the inappropriate application of a bag of frozen chips to the foot in an attempt to ease non-specific pain. No specific acute traumatic injury was identified. As the patient was a teacher of physical education, the pain had initially been assumed to originate from a minor musculoskeletal injury. Full recovery ensued after surgical excision of necrotic tissue and split skin grafting. The danger of inappropriate overenthusiastic use of ice packs or other frozen material to treat soft tissue injuries is emphasised. The need for education to prevent similar future injuries is discussed. IS - 5 JF - British journal of sports medicine SN - 0306-3674 AD - Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ColinGraham@bigfoot.com EP - 383 TI - Frozen chips: an unusual cause of severe frostbite injury. VL - 34 SP - 382 KW - de KW - frostbite AU - Graham, CA AU - Stevenson, J PY - 2000/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11049150 ER -