A patient’s position during lengthy surgery can cause serious and long lasting complications but these can be averted by good postoperative care Keywords Perioperative positioning, Epidural analgesia, ...

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.

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 ...