Citation

Sever C, Aysal BK, Sahin C, Kulahci Y. Ann. Burns Fire Disasters 2012; 25(2): 102-103.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23233830

PMCID

PMC3506204

Abstract

An unusual case is reported in which a patient sustained a third-degree burn of the plantar surface of the right foot as the result of contact with a heating radiator. This occurred when the patient fell asleep in his hospital bed after knee surgery. Spinal anaesthesia is easy to perform, and the risk factors, though present, are not serious. Such accidents are not infrequent and care should be taken to prevent them.

Language: en