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Age estimation for Scald Injury and its Probable Relation to Testicular Function Impairment

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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• Forensic Medicine

Abstract

BBackground and Rationale: From the medicolegal point of view, long term systemic consequences of scald injury should be identified for proper compensation and legal action, especially for scald injury involving skin full-thickness in 20% of total body surface area (TBSA) which is known to have long term grave consequences on general health. Aim of the Study: The current experimental study was carried out to: 1-identify the histopathological changes and TNF-α Immunoexpression of different ages of a full thickness scald injury occupying 20% of the total body TBSA; 2- study the probable relation between the scald age and the testicular function impairment. Materials and Methods: A total number of 40 adult male albino rats were used in the study. Histopathological examination for the scald area and testis were performed with hematoxyline & eosin stain and TNF-α Immunoexpression. Epididymal semen analysis and serum testosterone were also performed. These procedures were carried out after 2 days, 7 days, 1 month and 3 months of scald infliction. Results: Progressive histopathological changes were observed in the early scald ages while healing manifestations and improvement in testosterone serum levels, when compared to the other periods, started to appear after 1 and 3 months of scald infliction. Conclusion: It can be concluded that scald injury involving 20% of TBSA can cause long term impairment of testicular function.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2019.6966.1043

Keywords

Scald, TNF-α, histopathology, Testicular function

Authors

First Name

Nermien

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Attia

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine & Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Email

naibrahim@zu.edu.eg

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-9192-5011

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Abdallah

MiddleName

Abdallah

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine & Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Email

dr_emanabdallah@yahoo.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Nadra

Last Name

Kandeel

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine & Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Email

dr.nadrakandeel@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

19

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

5375

Issue Date

2019-06-01

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2019-01-13

Publish Date

2019-06-01

Page Start

87

Page End

100

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_33620.html

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Type Code

429

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023