PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 1 January 1971, pp. 113-119
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THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL MOUTH BURNS IN CHILDREN

George H. Gifford Jr. M.D.1, Alan T. Marty M.D.1, and Donald W. MacCollum M.D.1

1 Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

In spite of efforts to make electrical fittings safe, the incidence of electrical burns of the mouth at Children's Hospital Medical Center has increased. Mouthing a live female extension cord plug is the most common mechanism of injury. Bleeding occurred in 25% of the cases, some time between the first and twenty-first post burn day. Management has therefore included hospitalization during this vulnerable period. Late plastic surgical revision after scar maturation was necessary in 83% of the cases.