From: The scalp as a donor site for skin grafting in burns: retrospective study on complications
Total | n = 93 |
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Gender | Â |
 Male, n(%) | 58 (62.4 %) |
 Female, n(%) | 35 (37.6 %) |
Cause of burn | Â |
 Scald, n(%) | 57 (61.3 %) |
 Flame, n(%) | 30 (32.2 %) |
 Other, n(%) | 6 (6.5 %) |
Age | Â |
 Age median | 2 years and 3 months |
(range 2 months–66 years) | |
 Age 25th percentile | 1 year and 4 months |
 Age 75th percentile | 6 years and 8 months |
 ≤4 years of age | n = 61 (65.6 %) |
 ≥18 years of age | n = 9 (9.7 %) |
TBSA burn | Â |
 TBSA median | 2.0 % |
(range 0.5–36 % TBSA) | |
 TBSA 25th percentile | 1.00 % |
 TBSA 75th percentile | 4.00 % |
 TBSA ≤5 % | n = 81 (87.1 %) |
 TBSA >10 % | n = 2 (2.2 %) |
 TBSA median adults | 3.0 % (range 1–10 %) |