Modular insert for use on a standard operating room table for performing shoulder surgery in the sitting position.
The use of the sitting position for performing shoulder surgery is not a new concept.  However, a standard surgical table cannot be readily converted for shoulder surgery without extensive and expensive modifications.  A modular insert is described that is inexpensive and can easily be built for use in converting, in less than one minute, a standard surgical table into a table for performing shoulder surgery.
St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center, Tucson, Arizona.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000191:economics; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery*