Citation

Akçay MN, Oztürk G, Aydinli B, Ozoğul B. Burns 2007; 34(2): 268-270.

Affiliation

Ataturk University, Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.007

PMID

17689872

Abstract

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.

Language: en