Tilting operating table with self-control foot switch: a new neurosurgical tool.
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.
Shigeno
Taku
T
Department of Neurosurgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kumai
Junichiro
J
Endo
Masaru
M
Oya
Soichi
S
Hotta
Shinji
S
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013523:Surgical Equipment