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Dec, 2016

Surgery in the Standing Position by a Surgeon with Achilles Tendon Rupture.

Acta medica Okayama
  • Takao Yasuhara
  • Ken Kuwahara
  • Susumu Sasada
  • Atsuhiko Toyoshima
  • Jun Morimoto
  • Kyohei Kin
  • Hiroaki Manabe
  • Yasuyuki Miyoshi
  • Akira Kusumegi
  • Yuichi Takahashi
  • Kiyoshi Ito
  • Isao Date
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Volume
70
Number
6
First page
493
Last page
496
Language
English
Publishing type
DOI
10.18926/AMO/54813
Publisher
OKAYAMA UNIV MED SCHOOL

Unexpected injuries can have a profound effect on a surgeon's performance and thus on patients and surgical departments. Here we describe a technique for performing surgery in the standing position, as done by a surgeon with an Achilles tendon rupture. During his prescribed 45-day non-weight-bearing period for the left ankle after surgery for an Achilles tendon rupture, the surgeon was able to participate in 15 surgeries as an operator or assistant, due to his use of a combination of injured-leg genuflection on a stool and a 'Surgical Body Support' device. Similarly injured surgeons may benefit from such support.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18926/AMO/54813
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003675
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000398200200009&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID information
  • DOI : 10.18926/AMO/54813
  • ISSN : 0386-300X
  • Pubmed ID : 28003675
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000398200200009

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