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Anesthesia for surgery in the prone position requires careful management of hemodynamic and respiratory changes, as well as prevention of specific complications like postoperative visual loss and nerve injuries.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the physiological impacts and anesthetic considerations for patients undergoing surgery in the prone position.
Heightened monitoring advised for prone-position anesthesia; review leaves optimal prevention strategies open for prospective trials.
The article reviews modern literature on problems of anaesthetic provision for surgical interventions with prone positions of patients. The authors thoroughly examine aspects of physiological changes, which occur in this surgical position, and possible complications. Variants of anaesthetic provision for patients in prone positions, advantages and disadvantages of some of its kinds are described separately.
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Lyzogub et al. (2013) conducted a review in Surgical interventions in the prone position. Anesthesia in the prone position was evaluated. Anesthesia for surgery in the prone position requires careful management of hemodynamic and respiratory changes, as well as prevention of specific complications like postoperative visual loss and nerve injuries.
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