Appropriate positioning of the surgeon and the patient’s eye is essential, and the goal in selecting and adjusting a particular surgical position is to maintain the ease of surgery while allowing ...

CHICAGO – Placing patients in the prone Trendelenburg position during spine surgery may put them at an increased risk for postoperative vision loss. Previously found to occur in 0.05% to 0.2% of spine ...

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 ...

Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes.

Facedown positioning following surgery is not more likely to close large (≥400 mcm) macular holes compared with seating faced forward, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. However, ...