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1. Once the anesthetic has been administered, the patient is made to lie flat with his legs spread apart and elevated on a stirrup. This is known as the lithotomy position. 2. The surgeon cleans the ...
Setup consists of placing the patient in the lithotomy position with the surgeon operating from between the patient's legs. This allows easy access to the foregut and hiatus. The assistant stands to ...
Read before the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, March 25, 1882, by Dr. Ingalls.