Ergonomic Positioning for Total Knee Arthroplasty

DEMİRKIRAN N. D., Bektas Y. E., KARAKAŞLI A., ERDURAN M.

TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOPAEDICS, cilt.30, sa.4, ss.257-258, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/bto.0000000000000092
  • Dergi Adı: TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOPAEDICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.257-258
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ergonomics, total knee replacement, total knee arthroplasty, arthroplasty patient positioning
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Operating room personnel are affected by several well-known low back pain risk factors and represent a leading portion of the population who will benefit most from ergonomic improvements. We describe an ergonomic patient positioning technique for knee replacement procedures. With this ergonomic positioning of the patient by the use of very common equipment, our purpose is to provide comfortable working conditions and efficient use of energy, which is essential for surgeons and assistants who already have an excessive amount of work every day; it also ensures a steady and firm positioning of the knee for the surgeon and helps achieve lower infection rates by reducing the number of operating room staff.