Prone Positioning of Patients with Cervical Spine Pathology

Patients with cervical trauma or degenerative disease often require surgical decompression and stabilization in the prone position and are at the risk of secondary neurological injury during this transfer. This review aims to explore the current literature on different methods of positioning patient...

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Main Authors: Sarah L. Boyle, Zoe Unger, Vinay Kulkarni, Eric M. Massicotte, Lashmi Venkatraghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1687918