Acute compartment syndrome in the limbs is a serious but rare complication of surgical positioning that arises when elevated pressure within a closed muscle compartment compromises tissue perfusion.
Positioning patients with large vessel ischemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot resulted in significant improvements in neurological ...
Perioperative neuropathies from surgical positioning are injuries to peripheral nerves arising during the perioperative period as a result of compression, stretch or ischaemia when patients are placed ...