Perianal and gluteal burns as a complication of hot water bottle treatment for anal fissure.
Contact with hot objects and surfaces often causes burns. We present a case of burns to the buttock and perineum caused by use of a hot water bottle to relieve the pain caused by an anal fissure.
Lapid
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel. lapid@actcom.co.il
Walfisch
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D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002081:Buttocks / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014867:Water / Q000009:adverse effects
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