Diagnosis and Treatment of Frostbite

Diagnosis and Therapy of FrostbiteCold injury is a combination of direct cellular damage from freezing and cellular ischemia from vasospasm and small-vessel thrombosis. The severity is related to the degree to which frozen tissues are reperfused on thawing.

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Frostbite is a combination of direct cellular damage from freezing and cellular ischemia from vasospasm and small-vessel thrombosis. The severity is related to the degree of reperfusion of frozen tissues upon thawing.