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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1970;52:931-936.
© 1970 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Hydrofluoric Acid Burns of the Hand

DAVID G. DIBBELL M.D.1, RONALD E. IVERSON M.D.1, WALLACE JONES M.D.1, DONALD H. LAUB M.D.1, and MITCHELL S. MADISON M.D.1

1 From the Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto

Hydrofluoric acid burns, if not promptly recognized and properly treated, may produce serious injury and prolonged disability. Clinically, characteristic and specific treatment, given early, is very effective. A series of forty-five burns is reviewed and a plan of treatment is proposed which depends in part on the severity of the tissue injury and includes local injections of 10 per cent calcium gluconate.


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