"Tandir": an old and well known cause of burn injury in the Middle East.
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'.
Bekerecioğlu
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M
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 100.Yil University Medical School, Van, Turkey.
Yüksel
F
F
Peker
F
F
Karacaoğlu
E
E
Durak
N
N
Kişlaoğlu
E
E
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003296:Cooking; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology