Case Reports in Orthopedics (Jan 2019)

Electronic Cigarette Burns: A Case Report and Review of Current Literature

  • Rachel Michael,
  • Nabil Ebraheim,
  • Jacob Maier,
  • Mina Tanios,
  • Anthony Kouri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4231764
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Due to the development of electronic cigarettes and their use in our patient population, this article seeks to evaluate the safety and associated morbidity that may result from their use. This article also presents a patient case regarding an explosion of an electronic cigarette battery and the resultant injury and deformity that occurred.