RESUMEN

Two patients with high voltage electrical injury involving the trunk are presented. Both injuries were complicated by visceral damage; and one patient died from sepsis secondary to bowel perforations. The rarity of this complications is examined in light of the pathophysiology of electrical injury, and its management is discussed wiht reference to previously published reports on this conditions

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Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Masculino , Traumatismos por Electricidad/complicaciones , Enfermedades Profesionales/complicaciones , Perforación Intestinal/etiología , Quemaduras por Electricidad/complicaciones , Traumatismos por Electricidad/fisiopatología , Perforación Intestinal/complicaciones , Quemaduras por Electricidad/fisiopatología