Keywords
Electric
Chronic Pain
Complications
Rehabilitation.
How to Cite
Abstract
Given the large number of injuries and deaths caused by electricity, a review of the consequences that can happen after that event, given that electricity damages tissue by transforming into heat energy by destroying the integrity of the cell membrane. The clinical case is a 31 years old pacient who seven years ago received an electric shock of 440 volts, and their evolution has presented various multiorgan complications: Neuropathic pain Peripheral neuropathy type, structural alteration of the visual sensory afferent pathway, among others.References
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