TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Tandir burns: A severe cause of burns in rural Turkey
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Akçay, Mufide Nuran
A1  - Ozoğul, Bunyamin
A1  - Aydinli, Bulent
A1  - Oztürk, Gurkan
SP  - 268 
EP  -  270
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -