en تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">BACKGROUND</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Plastic surgery is the most diverse specialty. It deals with a wide spectrum of abnormalities in different genders, age groups and body parts. Data on clinical characteristics of patients admitted in the burn and plastic surgery unit have been reported from our center last in 1993.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">METHODS</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">This retrospective cross-sectional study conducted during 1-year from 2017 to 2018 in the burn and plastic surgery unit, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain. Seven hundred seventy-four patients (929 admissions) were enrolled. Indications of admissions, demographic data including gender, nationality and age were gathered. Different types of burns were categorized. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">RESULTS</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Out of 16,492 surgical admissions, 929 (5.6%) admissions were for burn and plastic surgery. Nine hundred-twelve (98.2%) admissions for 766 patients were included. Burn injuries were the main indication with a total of 345 (37.8%) admissions for 337 (44%) patients. Three hundred eighty-eight (50.7%) patients were males. Five hundred fifty-eight (72.8%) patients were nationals. Most were in the age group of 30-39 years old (24.9%). On comparison, burn injuries were more in males (n=241, 71.5%), nationals (n=175, 51.9%), younger in age (mean age, 23.8&plusmn;19.6 years) and in pediatric age group (n=122, 36.2%) specifically, (All <i>P</i><0.0001). Scalded burn was the commonest type (n=184/317, 58%).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">CONCLUSION</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Burn and plastic surgery is a significant part of surgical admissions. Burn injuries were the most frequent reason of admissions. Patients with burn injuries were mainly males, nationals and children. Scalded burn was the most frequent type in our center. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="vertical-align:middle"><span calibri="" style="font-family:">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Plastic surgery, Indication, Burn, Bahrain 125 131 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-676-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohamed Shehab 100319475328460012506 100319475328460012506 Yes Burn and Plastic Surgery Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex; Manama, Bahrain Lana M. Saleh 100319475328460012507 100319475328460012507 No ENT Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex; Manama, Bahrain Hasan M. Isa 100319475328460012508 100319475328460012508 No Pediatric Department, Salmaniya Med-ical Complex; Manama, Bahrain