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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  11, Issue 1, January-March 2020, Pages 35-38
 

Original Article

Coal Tar Burns: Our Experience

Konda Sireesha Reddy1, Ravi Kumar Chittoria2

1Senior Resident, 2Professor and Head, Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry 605006, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.11120.4

Abstract

Burns due to contact with hot coal tar are challenging as it is very difficult to remove and there is no specified appropriate agent for the removal of tar. Hot tar burns usually occur as occupational hazard. This is a case series of our experience in treating 6 patients who sustained hot tar burns. Patients were treated with diesel, butter and Vaseline. Keywords: Tar; Diesel; Butter; Vaseline.


Corresponding Author : Ravi Kumar Chittoria