title: The Prevention of Positioning Injuries during Gynecologic Operations. Guideline of DGGG (S1-Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/077, February 2015).
abstract: Purpose:Official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG). Positioning injuries after lengthy gynecological procedures are rare, but the associated complications can be potentially serious for patients. Moreover, such injuries often lead to claims of malpractice and negligence requiring detailed medical investigation. To date, there are no binding evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of such injuries.Methods:This S1-guideline is the work of an interdisciplinary group of experts from a range of different professions who were commissioned by DGGG to carry out a systematic literature search of positioning injuries. Members of the participating scientific societies develop a consensus in an informal procedure. Afterwards the directorate of the scientific society approves the consensus.The recommendations cover.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fleisch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bremerich
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schulte-Mattler
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaften, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tannen
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Klinikum Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Teichmann
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Frauenheilkunde, Klinikum Bielefeld Mitte, Bielefeld.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.affiliation: Gefäß- und Endovaskulärchirurgie, GFO Kliniken Bonn, Betriebsstätte St. Marien, Bonn.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balzer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Erlangen-Nürnberg, Frauenklinik, Erlangen.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Cologne.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Römer
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: Allgemeine Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thill
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinium Gießen, Gießen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tinneberg
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Minimalinvasive Chirurgie, Marienhospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zarras
keywords: gynecologic operations; positioning injuries; prevention