Heat conduction of fixator pins with polymethylmethacrylate external fixation

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Williams, N ^a   Tomlinson, J L ^a   Hahn, A W ^a   Constantinescu, G M ^a   Wagner Mann, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Polymethylmethacrylate; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031535564     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632587     Document Type: Article

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