Citation

Bekerecioğlu M, Yuksel F, Peker F, Karacaoglu E, Durak N, Kislaoglu E. Burns 1998; 24(7): 654-657.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 100.Yil University Medical School, Van, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9882066

Abstract

Analysis of an unusual cause of burn injury together with assessment of long-term end results was carried out. The 'tandir' is a kind of oven buried underground and resembles a big hole full of embers and surrounded with sheet iron. Most of the burn victims were children. 68 major burn cases have been admitted to our units in a 3 year period, 32 (47%) of them due to a 'tandir'. In most of the cases burn injuries included the head and both hands as a result of the specific characteristics of the 'tandir'.

Language: en