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The treatment of burns is one of the earliest medical activities on record, probably because of the powerful impact of their physical consequences among other sequelae. The aim of the present paper is to perform an epidemiological study of burn patients. The data were obtained by reviewing the medical histories of all those patients admitted or treated in the Outpatients Department of the Burn Unit of our hospital between 2013 and 2017. A sample was gathered of 1401 patients, made up of 716 males (51.11%) and 685 females (48.89%), in a ratio of males to females of 1.05, with a mean age of 40.74 years old. The burns were mainly suffered in a domestic setting (60.96%), mostly as a result of contact with hot liquids. Most of the burns were second degree superficial burns (60.03%), and affected a mean total body surface area (TBSA) of 4.61%. They were most often produced on the hands. It was found that the frequency of burns increased during the summer and during the main mealtimes of the day. These data may be used to make specific plans of prevention, and as a basis for new studies and databases to be made.

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Conflicto de intereses: Los autores declaran no tener ningún interés financiero relacionado con el contenido de este artículo. Financiación: No hubo fuentes externas de financiación para este trabajo. CIRUGÍA PLÁSTICA IBERO-LATINOAMERICANA Original / Series clínicas FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVA Palabras clave Huesos nasales, Fractura huesos nasales, Reducción cerrada, Anestesia. Nivel de evidencia científica 4c Terapéutico Recibido (esta versión) 25 julio/2020 Aceptado 20 enero/2021

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