title: Use of leg positioning holders.
abstract: Direct Placement Leg Holders (DPLHs) have improved patient care in our hospital for those people requiring lower limb internal fixation for fractures. This brief history of how and why their potential use in orthopaedic trauma came about will describe the benefits for patient care and how they can improve patient positioning. Further suggestions include added benefits for practitioners acting as surgical or first assistants to the surgeon, including highlighting the benefits of preventing back injury to staff.
authors.affiliation: St Richard's Hospital, Royal West Sussex NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005791:Patient Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D006113:United Kingdom