Yagmur, YGüloglu, CAldemir, MOrak, M2024-04-242024-04-2420040020-13831879-0267https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00198-0https://hdl.handle.net/11468/16217Purpose: High falls from flat-roofed houses are a common cause of death and disability in the south-east part of Turkey; the aim of this study was to describe our experience of such falls seen over a 4-year period in Diyarbakir. Methods: One thousand six hundred and forty-three patients (570 females and 1073 males) who sustained injuries after an accidental fall from a flat-roofed house were entered into the study. Results: The mean age was 18 (1-95) years; 49.4% of patients were under 10 years old; 81.5% were under 30 years old. The mean fall height was 4.5 m (1-20 m). The mortality rate was 5.8% (96 patients). The mean fall height in children under the age of 15 years who died from the fall was 4 m (67 patients) and in patients over the age of 15 years, 9 m (29 patients). The most common injuries were to the head (45.1%) and 93.75% of those (n = 90) who died had a head injury. One hundred patients (6%) were followed because of abdominal bleeding: one of these had fallen from 2 m, the reminder from 4 to 9 m; 12 were operated on and 88 treated conservatively. Conclusion: Craniocerebral trauma is the most common injury in fatal falls from flat roofs and blunt abdominal trauma is an uncommon injury after falling from less than 4 m. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFallsHeightMorbidity And MortalityArticle354425428WOS:0002205369000132-s2.0-16423543081503737910.1016/S0020-1383(03)00198-0Q1Q3