Falcone P A, Barrall D T, Jeyarajah D R, Grossman J A
Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University Affiliated Hospitals and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI.
Ann Plast Surg. 1989 Feb;22(2):146-9. doi: 10.1097/00000637-198902000-00010.
Peripheral intravenous fluid extravasation is a common occurrence among neonatal intensive care unit patients. Fifteen high-risk neonates, averaging less than 35 weeks' gestation and less than 1,500 g birth weight, with full-thickness extravasation injuries were successfully treated nonoperatively by a topical fibrinolysin/deoxyribonuclease ointment. All wounds healed without delaying hospital discharge, and no significant scar contractures were observed in patients followed up to 16 months after injury.
