How we do it: 'tonsillectomy mat', scored rubber sheet to fix the Draffin's rods.
Slipping of the Driffin's rod from the operating table is problematic during tonsillectomy. We describe a technique to overcome this problem by using a 'tonsillectomy mat'.
Biswas
D
D
Department of Otolaryngology, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP, UK.
Ranganathan
Baskaran
B
King
R
R
Siddiqui
N
N
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D058638:Operating Tables; D012408:Rubber; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D012408:Rubber