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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb 4;14(2):e21903.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.21903. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Survival From Ninety-Five Percent Total Body Surface Area Burn: A Case Report and Literature Review

Maisa A AlAlwan  1 , Hussain A Almomin  1 , Shashank D Shringarpure  1 , Nazia U Habiba  1 , Abdulraheim H Albess  1 , Ayyappan Thangavel  1 , Nabil N Youssef  1 , Faisal A Al Jabr  2 , Aqeel H Alrashid  2 , Rayan A Buhalim  2 , Fahad K Almulhim  2
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Survival From Ninety-Five Percent Total Body Surface Area Burn: A Case Report and Literature Review

Maisa A AlAlwan et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Burns can be devastating and result in unwanted consequences with prolonged length of hospital stay. The mortality rate increases as the total body surface area increases, so proper management of patients with extensive degrees of burns is crucial for their survival. We present the hospital course, management, and survival of a patient after he sustained a 95% total body surface area, second-degree burn from a gas flame. Furthermore, we present from the literature different cases of patients with large total body surface area burns and survived after being managed in burns specialty centers. Although large total body surface area burns can result in significant morbidity and mortality, early management and intervention by an expert surgical team can result in positive outcomes.

Keywords: burns; management; mortality; outcome; survival.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. 55 days from admission.
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