Tandir burns: a severe cause of burns in rural Turkey.
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.
Akçay
Müfide Nuran
MN
Atatürk University, Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey. mnakcay@yahoo.com
Oztürk
Gürkan
G
Aydinli
Bülent
B
Ozoğul
Bünyamin
B
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology