Eye protection in orthopaedic surgery: An in vitro study of various forms of eye protection and their effectiveness

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1050-1054

  Mansour III, Alfred A ^a   Even, Jesse L ^a   Phillips, Sharon ^b   Halpern, Jennifer L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE INFECTION; EYE PROTECTION; FACE MASK; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HEAD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPECTACLES; SURGEON; THIGH;

CADAVER; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMUR; HUMANS; MANIKINS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 70350061995     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00460     Document Type: Article

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