Deep gluteal grounding pad burn after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Paolo Sapienza 1, Luigi Venturini 1, Emanuele Cigna 2, Antonio V Sterpetti 1, Daniele Biacchi 1, Luca di Marzo 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery “Pietro Valdoni”, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
2 Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery “Pietro Valdoni”, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract
Although skin burns at the site of grounding pad are a known risk of surgery, their exact incidence is unknown. We first report the case of a patient who presented a deep gluteal burn at the site of the grounding pad after an abdominal aortic aneurism repair, the etiology and the challenging treatment required to overcome this complication.
Keywords
- Gounding pad
- Skin burn