Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.39-41, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus)
Cement burns are extremely rare and most commonly seen in extremities. A literature review revealed only a few articles related to patients with cement burns, and, in those cases, the burns had resulted from the contact of cement with skin. In this case report, the formation of a cement burn in a 32-year-old male patient’s open scalp wound is presented. After powder cement was poured onto an open wound on the scalp, the first intervention was to clean the area with serum physiologic. Exothermic reactions and a high alkali compound resulting from contact with liquid and powder cement had caused the scalp to burn. The patient underwent surgery 45 min after contact with the cement, during which flaps covered with cement were cleaned, and a rotation flap was used to reconstruct the tissue defects. A second surgery was performed 1 week later to cover the necrotic area at the distal margin of the traumatic skin flap, and tissue defects were repaired with a second rotational flap. Neither wound-healing problems nor infection occurred in the postoperative period. At a 6-month follow-up, permanent alopecia was observed on the scalp surrounding the wound margins.