Circumpolar areas are associated with prolonged cold exposure where wind, precipitation, and darkness further aggravate the environmental conditions and the associated risks. Despite the climate warming, cold climatic conditions will prevail in circumpolar areas and contribute to adverse health effects. Frostbite is a freezing injury where localized damage affects the skin and other tissues. It...

Skin whealing associated with localized frostbite is a well recognized phenomenon and has been described in detail by Lewis and his co-workers (1, 2). Although no positive evidence of histamine liberation in frostbite has been advanced, it has been postulated that histamine or a histaminelike sulbstance is involved in the formation of these lesions (2). Recently. Frommel and Picquet have report...

BACKGROUND This paper discusses the treatment protocol for patients with frostbite. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of a series of 17 patients with second- and higher-degree frostbite who had been treated at our medical institution between 2010 and 2012. RESULTS Our clinical series of patients (n=17) included 13 men and four women, whose mean age was 42.4±11.6 years (range, 22...

INTRODUCTION: Traditionally, frostbite management includes rewarming protocols, supportive care, and delayed amputation after tissue demarcation. Recent studies have described alternative management with angiography and intraarterial lysis to treat the microvascular thrombotic consequences of ice crystal formation.1 Our purpose was to evaluate the effects of intraarterial thrombolysis on digita...

BACKGROUND The refrigerant liquids and gases used widely in industry, farming and medicine for their cooling properties may cause severe frostbite. Despite their widespread use, only a few reports on frostbite of the hand involving these liquids and gases have been published. In this study, the circumstances accompanying these injuries, several adjunctive therapies and preventive measures are d...

A retrospective study of 4 cases of frostbite was undertaken to examine causes and to identify related contributory behaviors and circumstances. These patients underwent various surgical interventions before the onset of frostbite during similar postoperative care regimens. Surgical procedures included some of the following in each patient: lateral retinacular release, vastus medialis oblique m...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of frostbite on feet using Cell Alive System (CAS) freezer with an oscillating magnetic field. We recently reported the application of the CAS freezer to the cryopreservation of various tissues, but did not evaluate the effects of frostbite after freezing. In order to characterize how a freezer with a magnetic field affects fro...

pistachio is one of the most important export items in iran, comprising more than 23% of iran non-oil exports. yazd is considered as the second biggest province of iran from the viewpoint of pistachio production, standing after kerman province. since frostbite phenomenon, especially, strong spring frostbite, has incurred many damages into pistachio gardens of this area, it is necessary to study...

Dear Editors, It is convenient to use a commercial cooling device for treatment of acute athletic injuries. However, secondary injuries may develop with improper application (1). We present a patient with unusual frostbite due to cold pack. An 18-year-old woman had right quadriceps femoris muscle strain while practicing long jump. She directly applied and fixed a commercial cold pack manufactur...