Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack

The Indian travel pillow readily available in the market has been utilized as a patient jack in the operation theatre. This has been used to raise the shoulders of an anaesthetized patient for surgery in the head and neck region and a set of two pillows have been used to prop-up a prone anaesthetize...

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Main Authors: Gopalakrishna A, Agrawal Karoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2006-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2006;volume=39;issue=1;spage=88;epage=90;aulast=Gopalakrishna
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description The Indian travel pillow readily available in the market has been utilized as a patient jack in the operation theatre. This has been used to raise the shoulders of an anaesthetized patient for surgery in the head and neck region and a set of two pillows have been used to prop-up a prone anaesthetized patient. This allows smooth positioning of the patient after intubation without disturbance to the airway with minimal manpower.
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title Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack
title_full Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack
title_fullStr Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack
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title_short Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack
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topic Inflatable pillow
patient jack
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