Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Vitriolage is an aggressive criminal act that results in different degrees of burn injuries and serious health consequences. Vitriolage has been known as a popular method of assault in some developing countries. To our knowledge, this is the first study in Egypt to study the medicolegal aspects of vitriolage crime.
OBJECTIVE: The current study was designed to study the pattern of vitriolage injuries and to evaluate the permanent infirmity of vitriolage reported cases in Egypt.
METHODS: All cases of acid burn medicolegal reports throughout three years from 2015 to 2017 were included. 31 victims were studied as regards the demographic, medico-legal data and permanent infirmity assessment done on the victims.
RESULTS: The male: female ratio of caustic burn victims was 1:2.9. Females were being assaulted at a higher rate than males. Most of the victims were young working women aged 20-30 years old and most of them lived in urban areas. Regarding the gender of the offenders, 23 were males and 6 were females. Almost 90.3% of the offenders were known to their victims. Most attacks occurred in public 22 cases (70.9%). Revenge was the most mentioned motive for assault (58.1%, n = 18). Ocular damage and dermal disfigurement were the most frequent injuries.
CONCLUSIONS: Ensuring efficient implementation of multilevel policies is required to help survivors attain medical, psychological and community support. Legal socio-cultural reform with permanent infirmity evaluation modification is recommended to combat vitriolage.
OBJECTIVE: The current study was designed to study the pattern of vitriolage injuries and to evaluate the permanent infirmity of vitriolage reported cases in Egypt.
METHODS: All cases of acid burn medicolegal reports throughout three years from 2015 to 2017 were included. 31 victims were studied as regards the demographic, medico-legal data and permanent infirmity assessment done on the victims.
RESULTS: The male: female ratio of caustic burn victims was 1:2.9. Females were being assaulted at a higher rate than males. Most of the victims were young working women aged 20-30 years old and most of them lived in urban areas. Regarding the gender of the offenders, 23 were males and 6 were females. Almost 90.3% of the offenders were known to their victims. Most attacks occurred in public 22 cases (70.9%). Revenge was the most mentioned motive for assault (58.1%, n = 18). Ocular damage and dermal disfigurement were the most frequent injuries.
CONCLUSIONS: Ensuring efficient implementation of multilevel policies is required to help survivors attain medical, psychological and community support. Legal socio-cultural reform with permanent infirmity evaluation modification is recommended to combat vitriolage.
摘要：
背景：Vitriolage是一种侵略性犯罪行为，会导致不同程度的烧伤和严重的健康后果。在一些发展中国家，Vitriolage被认为是一种流行的攻击方法。据我们所知,这是埃及第一项研究硫酸犯罪的法医学方面的研究。
目的：本研究旨在研究硫酸损伤的模式，并评估埃及硫酸报告病例的永久性虚弱性。
方法：纳入了2015年至2017年三年中酸烧伤医学报告的所有病例。对31名受害者进行了人口统计学研究，医疗法律数据和对受害者进行的永久性虚弱评估。
结果：苛性烧伤患者的男女比例为1：2.9。女性受到攻击的比率高于男性。大多数受害者是20-30岁的年轻职业妇女，其中大多数生活在城市地区。关于罪犯的性别，男性23人，女性6人。将近90.3％的罪犯为受害者所知。大多数攻击发生在公共场合22例（70.9%）。复仇是被提及最多的攻击动机(58.1%，n=18)。眼部损伤和皮肤毁容是最常见的损伤。
结论：需要确保有效实施多层次政策，以帮助幸存者获得医疗，心理和社区支持。建议进行法律社会文化改革，并进行永久性的身体虚弱评估修改，以打击硫酸。
目的：本研究旨在研究硫酸损伤的模式，并评估埃及硫酸报告病例的永久性虚弱性。
方法：纳入了2015年至2017年三年中酸烧伤医学报告的所有病例。对31名受害者进行了人口统计学研究，医疗法律数据和对受害者进行的永久性虚弱评估。
结果：苛性烧伤患者的男女比例为1：2.9。女性受到攻击的比率高于男性。大多数受害者是20-30岁的年轻职业妇女，其中大多数生活在城市地区。关于罪犯的性别，男性23人，女性6人。将近90.3％的罪犯为受害者所知。大多数攻击发生在公共场合22例（70.9%）。复仇是被提及最多的攻击动机(58.1%，n=18)。眼部损伤和皮肤毁容是最常见的损伤。
结论：需要确保有效实施多层次政策，以帮助幸存者获得医疗，心理和社区支持。建议进行法律社会文化改革，并进行永久性的身体虚弱评估修改，以打击硫酸。
