title: Tilting operating table with self-control foot switch: a new neurosurgical tool.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Observation of the surgical field from all directions is essential in microneurosurgery. A tilting operating table operated by the surgeon can satisfy this need.
  
  
  METHODS
  A tilting operating table operated by the surgeon using a foot switch was developed by modifying the Sugita table incorporating the X-Y shifter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified operating table allows the surgeon to move the patient in the head up or down directions, as well as the left side down or right side down directions, so the surgical field can be inspected from all aspects without changing the vertical axis of the operating microscope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigeno
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumai
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oya
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013523:Surgical Equipment