Citation

Rao VK, Dibbell DG. J. Hand Surg. Am. 1988; 13(1): 50-52.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3351228

Abstract

Three patients sustained burns of the hand in the operating room because of the lack of heat shields in the lights. A 54 degrees F increase in temperature in the operating field was noted when the heat shields were not in place.

Language: en