Prone positioning for head and neck reconstructive surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1041-1045

  Mobley, Steven Ross ^a   Miller, Brian Thomas ^a   Astor, Frank C ^b   Fine, Bradley ^c   Halliday, N James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Considerations; Positioning; Prone; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; EAR INJURY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; EYE INJURY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 39749162894     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20650     Document Type: Review

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