Orthopaedic bone drills - Can they be improved? Temperature changes near the drilling face

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-362

  Natali, Colin ^a,c   Ingle, Paul ^a,b   Dowell, John ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; DRILL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; TIBIA;

EID: 0029890494     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b3.0780357     Document Type: Article

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