Surrell J A, Alexander R C, Cohle S D, Lovell F R, Wehrenberg R A
J Trauma. 1987 Aug;27(8):935-9. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198708000-00014.
Prompted by an alleged case of child abuse resulting from microwave oven burns and the discovery of one other case, an animal model was chosen to explore microwave burn characteristics upon living, perfusing tissue. Anesthetized piglets were exposed to radiation from a standard household microwave oven for varying lengths of time, sufficient to result in full-thickness skin and visceral burns. Characteristic burn patterns were grossly identified. Biopsies studied with both light and electron microscopy demonstrated a pattern of relative layered tissue sparing. Layered tissue sparing is characterized by burned skin and muscle, with relatively unburned subcutaneous fat between these two layers. These findings have important forensic and patient care implications.
受一起据称因微波炉灼伤导致的虐待儿童案件以及另一起此类案件发现的启发，选择了一种动物模型来探究在有生命、有灌注的组织上的微波烧伤特征。对麻醉后的仔猪暴露于标准家用微波炉的辐射下不同时长，足以导致全层皮肤和内脏烧伤。大体上识别出了特征性的烧伤模式。通过光学显微镜和电子显微镜研究的活检显示出一种相对分层的组织 sparing 模式。分层组织 sparing 的特征是皮肤和肌肉烧伤，在这两层之间有相对未烧伤的皮下脂肪。这些发现具有重要的法医和患者护理意义。
