When it comes to spine surgeries, the prone position—where a patient lies face down—is the standard. This position provides surgeons with optimal access but also raises important questions ...

To establish whether percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy can be carried out in the supine anterolateral position (SALP) in obese patients, and to compare the safety and efficacy of renal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the past decade, lateral lumbar interbody fusion has increasingly gained popularity as a minimally ...

Two new reports offer conflicting data about the proper use of prone positioning -- a belly-down approach to improve respiration -- in hospitalized, non-intubated patients with COVID-19. One study, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression ...

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 ...

Awake prone positioning reduced need for intubation in selected patients with severe COVID-19, a meta-analysis showed. In pooled randomized controlled trials (RCTs), awake prone positioning ...

Shortly after acute respiratory distress syndrome was first described, it was soon realized that mechanical ventilation, aside from being essential for the treatment of the disease, can also harm the ...