Tandir burns: A severe cause of burns in rural Turkey

Akcay M. N., ÖZTÜRK G., AYDINLI B., Oezogul B.

BURNS, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.268-270, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.007
  • Dergi Adı: BURNS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.268-270
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Tandir is the name given to an oven used for baking bread in the eastern and south-eastern part of Anatolia. Tandir burn is a special kind of burns in which primarily women and small children fall in it and have deep extensive burns (TBSA %). The records of 60 patients with tandir burn who were treated in our Burn Center from September 1999 to January 2006 were reviewed. The patients consisted of 9.2% of all burned patients. The mean age was 17.10 years (1-60 years) and 61.50% of the patients were female. The mean total body surface area (TBSA) burned was 21.09% (6-58) and 88% of the patients had third-degree burns. Eight-of the patients underwent amputation of an extremity, 10 had fasciotomies, and 25 partial thickness skin grafts. The mean hospitalization period was 31.64 days (3-73 days). Fifteen patients (25%) died. Tandir burn is a severe kind of burn with a higher morbidity and mortality. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.