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Study of Medicolegal Aspects of Burnt Cases (Fatal and non-fatal) Admitted to Plastic Surgery Department, Sohag university Hospitals: retrospective study

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Forensic Medicine

Abstract

Burn injuries have an impact on both physical and psychological well-being of victim; it can cause deterioration to skin cells, tissues and organs too. Burn injuries in Egypt represent a major problem as compared with malignancy, heart diseases and road accidents. The current work aimed to study medicolegal aspects of burnt (fatal and non-fatal) cases admitted to Plastic Surgery Department at Sohag University Hospitals over three years. A retrospectives study included 564 reports, data collected from records from 1 January 2019 to end of December 2021. Data collected; age, gender, residence, seasonal variations, diurnal variations, degree, site, percent and cause of burn, duration of hospital stay, fate of cases, survival duration, cause of death, place of occurance, and manner of burn. The study showed that preschool children were the most affected age group of burn (41.2%), males more affected than females but not statistically significant, burnt cases in rural areas (70.6%) more than urban (29.4%) with a significant difference. The majority of cases occurred in winter (54%) and afternoon (53.3%) with seasonal and diurnal statistical significance. Burn occurred more indoors (94.1%) with more scald cases (62.4%), most cases were of second degree (70.6 %). Cardiogenic shock was the most frequent cause of death in burnt cases. The study of medicolegal aspects of burn cases found that children under 7 years were the most affected, most incidents in rural areas and during winter. Accidental scald burns were the most common, with males more frequently affected.

DOI

10.21608/mjfmct.2025.339630.1089

Keywords

Seasonal variations, aspects, Scald, medicolegal, Burn degrees

Authors

First Name

Wafaa

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Abdel-Ghaffar

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

Email

wafaaabdelghaffar02@gmail.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

0009-0003-3960-1890

First Name

Noha

Last Name

A. Mohammed

MiddleName

Osman

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt

Email

nohaothman@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Shenouda

Last Name

Fayez

MiddleName

Gamil

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University,Egypt

Email

shenoda011111@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Khalaf

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt

Email

asmaa_khalaf2016@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

-

Volume

33

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51128

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-11-30

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

75

Page End

88

Print ISSN

1110-5437

Online ISSN

2682-3217

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966

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Publication Title

Mansoura Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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https://mjfmct.journals.ekb.eg/

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Study of Medicolegal Aspects of Burnt Cases (Fatal and non-fatal) Admitted to Plastic Surgery Department, Sohag university Hospitals: retrospective study

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09 Mar 2025