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Perineal Post Padding Technique to Improve Hip Distraction in Tall Patients.


ABSTRACT: Hip distraction is necessary for safe arthroscopic entry into the hip joint. Achieving sufficient distraction is difficult in exceedingly tall patients (>190.5 cm) because of size limitations of currently available hip distraction systems. Inadequate distraction can delay the surgical procedure and potentially lead to complications. By repurposing a foam head-positioning block, we report a safe and inexpensive positioning technique for extending the traction distance for tall patients by 2 inches.

SUBMITTER: Kuhns BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4738757 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perineal Post Padding Technique to Improve Hip Distraction in Tall Patients.

Kuhns Benjamin D BD   Erickson Brandon J BJ   Bressler Leah R LR   Sarmast Sara M SM   Nho Shane J SJ  

Arthroscopy techniques 20151123 6


Hip distraction is necessary for safe arthroscopic entry into the hip joint. Achieving sufficient distraction is difficult in exceedingly tall patients (>190.5 cm) because of size limitations of currently available hip distraction systems. Inadequate distraction can delay the surgical procedure and potentially lead to complications. By repurposing a foam head-positioning block, we report a safe and inexpensive positioning technique for extending the traction distance for tall patients by 2 inche  ...[more]

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