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- D R Margulies, R A Navarro, and A M Kahn.
- Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
- Am Surg. 1998 Oct 1; 64 (10): 947-9.
AbstractMolten metal burns have received relatively little attention in the surgical literature. We performed a retrospective chart review of 150 patients who sustained molten metal burns between 1972 and 1997. The injuries all occurred in male foundry workers, most commonly from molten aluminum (60%). The typical accident was that of a splatter spill, creating a full-thickness burn. The mean burn size was 2.3 per cent of the body surface area (range, 0.25-25%). The lower extremities were the most commonly injured areas (85%), yet 37 per cent of patients had multiple sites burned. Patients were often initially treated nonoperatively and then referred to a surgeon when the wound failed to heal. Hospitalization was necessary in 89 patients at a mean of 16 days after the injury, and 92 patients required an operation, most commonly excision of the wound with skin grafting. The mean length of hospital stay was 11.2 days, and mean absence from work was 72.6 days. Fifty-one patients treated by the burn surgeon within 2 weeks of injury had a mean length of disability significantly shorter than those referred late (53.5 vs. 83.4 days; P < 0.05). We believe that an underestimation of the severity of these burns often leads to a delay in correct therapy and extends disability.
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