title: Equipment for surgical interventions and childbirth in weightlessness.
abstract: A transparent plastic sack has been devised for surgical interventions in space. Fixed airtight on the patient, containing sterilized medical equipment and comprising long sleeves for the operations, it retains all its contents for the rest of the flight.
authors.affiliation: Fliegerarzliche Untersuchungsstelle, Munchen, FRG.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mutke
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011247:Pregnancy; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014893:Weightlessness