Chronic Osteomyelitis of Cranial Bones in a Patient with High-Voltage Electrical Burn on the Scalp: A Case Report

    December 2021 in “ Daehan hwa'sang haghoeji ”
    Sung Won Jung, Joo Heon Choi, Kyung-Tak Yoo, Changsoo Lim
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    TLDR A patient with a severe scalp burn developed chronic bone infection, treated with surgery and muscle-skin flap from the back.
    The document discusses a case of chronic osteomyelitis of cranial bones in a patient who suffered a high-voltage electrical burn on the scalp. The burn resulted in scalp and cranial bone necrosis, requiring repetitive debridements and rich-vascularized flap coverage of the cranium. Despite successful flap coverage, chronic osteomyelitis of cranial bones occurred. The treatment for this condition is surgical debridement of the necrotic bone with re-coverage by a well-vascularized flap. The latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap is identified as suitable for both coverage of the cranium after the burn injury and treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of the skull.
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