Lloyd-Davies position with Trendelenburg - A disaster waiting to happen?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 916-919

  Horgan, Alan F ^a   Geddes, Susan ^a   Finlay, Ian G ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Lloyd Davies; Trendelenburg

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LIMB PERFUSION; LITHOTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS SURGERY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032776853     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237102     Document Type: Article

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