RT Book, Section
A1 Ellison, E. Christopher
A1 Zollinger, Jr., Robert M.
A1 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A1 Vaccaro, Patrick S.
A1 Bitans, Marita
A1 Baker, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1187820480
T1 Laparotomy
T2 Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 11e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260440850
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187820480
RD 2024/04/23
AB Prior  to  bringing  the  patient  to  the  operating  room,  the  surgical  site  is  marked  with  the  patient’s  cooperation  by  the  operating  surgeon  to  ensure  correct  site  surgery.  The  patient  is  carefully  positioned  on  the  operating  table  while  taking  into  consideration  the  need  for  special  equipment  such  as  heating  pads,  electrocautery  grounding  plates,  sequential  compression  stockings,  and  anesthesia  monitoring  devices.  The  patient’s  arms  may  be  positioned  at  the  side  or  at  right  angles  on  arm  boards,  which  allows  the  anesthesiologist  better  access  to  intravenous  lines  and  other  monitoring  devices.  It  is  important  that  the  patient  be  positioned  without  pressure  over  the  elbows,  heels,  or  other  bony  prominences;  neither  should  the  shoulders  be  stretched  in  hyperabduction.  The  arms,  upper  chest,  and  legs  are  covered  with  a  thermal  blanket.  Simple  cloth  loop  restraints  may  be  placed  loosely  about  the  wrists,  whereas  a  safety  belt  is  usually  passed  over  the  thighs  and  around  the  operating  table.