enhance how bone and joint procedures are performed. To decide which table
is right for your facility, ask yourself these key questions.
Is it time to upgrade?
Orthopedic surgeons depend on minimally invasive access to the operative site
in order to perform procedures that are growing in complexity on an outpatient
basis. Twenty-five or so years ago, a total hip arthroplasty would keep a patient
in the hospital — and possibly even bedridden — for 3 to 5 days. A rotator cuff
might have kept a patient hospitalized for 2 nights. But the development of
orthopedic specialty tables, and attachable arm and leg positioning accessories,
that can expose, position and hold the hip, shoulder, vertebrae or other site for
surgical access have revolutionized the process, and the outcomes.
Tables designed for effective, reliable and safe patient positioning can help
