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Based on animal experiments we describe a method of treating H.F. burns of the hand by intraarterial perfusion with calcium gluconate as close to the lesion as possible. We prefer this to intraarterial injection as advised by others because we have treated a series of 13 consecutive cases and know of many others in other hospitals with always yielding good results. We therefore advice the use of this therapy for H.F. burns as the best method available at present.
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Köhnlein, H.E., Achinger, R. A new method of treatment of the hydrofluoric acid burns of the extremities. Chir Plastica 6, 297–305 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288763
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