Publication: Electrical burns: Highlights from a 5-year retrospective analysis
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2016-05-01
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KURT, Alper
YILDIRIM, Kamil
Yagmur, Caglayan
Kelahmetoglu, OSMAN
ASLAN, Ozan
GUMUS, Murat
Guneren, ETHEM
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BACKGROUND: Electrical burns are the third most common cause of burn injuries, after scald and flame burns. In spite of decreasing mortality rates as advancements are made in treatment modalities and medical equipment, significant complications and socioeconomic consequences still accompany electrical burns. Analyzed in the present study were data from patients hospitalized for electrical burns between 2008 and 2012 in the Samsun Training and Research Hospital, the only burn care center in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
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KURT A., YILDIRIM K., Yagmur C., Kelahmetoglu O., ASLAN O., GUMUS M., Guneren E., -Electrical burns: Highlights from a 5-year retrospective analysis-, ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.22, ss.278-282, 2016