TY  - BOOK
AU  - Servant,Chris
AU  - Purkiss,Shaun
AU  - Hughes,John
TI  - Positioning patients for surgery
SN  - 9780511753589 (ebook)
AV  - RD32.7 .S47 2002
U1  - 617 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Surgery, Operative
KW  - Positioning
KW  - Operations, Surgical
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Aims of good patient positioning -- Medicolegal considerations -- Other considerations -- Abdomen -- Perineum -- Kidney -- Vascular -- Head and neck -- Breast -- Thorax -- Shoulder -- Arm (humerus and elbow) -- Forearm -- Wrist and hand -- Pelvis -- Hip -- Thigh (femur) -- Knee -- Leg (tibia and fibula) -- Ankle -- Foot -- Cervical spine -- Thoracic spine -- Lumbar spine
N2  - This volume is a practical, procedure-by-procedure guide to patient positioning for about 50 of the most common surgical procedures, written by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, nurses, ODAs and anaesthetists. Positioning for each procedure is described in detail and points of interest or potential hazards discussed where appropriate. Each procedure is clearly illustrated using photographs and explanatory line diagrams. Positioning Patients for Surgery is an invaluable guide for all theatre-based healthcare professionals
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753589
ER  -