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Titel:

Third-degree burn leading to partial foot amputation--why a notebook is no laptop.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article
Autor(en):
Paprottka, FJ; Machens, HG; Lohmeyer, JA
Abstract:
So far a few case reports about laptops causing burns have been published. Now for the first time, we report on a case, in which notebook-induced thermal injuries placed in a patient's lap resulted in severe second- and third-degree burns. As a consequence, a partial amputation of the left foot had to be performed. Furthermore, we measured maximum temperatures of 12 popular laptops, which were running full load for 3 h. For this experiment air circulation underneath the device was blocked in ord...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
Jahr:
2012
Band / Volume:
65
Heft / Issue:
8
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1119-22
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2011.12.034
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22274001
Print-ISSN:
1748-6815
TUM Einrichtung:
Lehrstuhl für Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie (Prof. Machens)
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