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Egg Crate Foam Padding

Egg-Crate Padding · Egg Crate Pad · Convoluted Foam Pad · Egg Crate Mattress

A sheet of foam with a bumpy, egg-carton surface. Disposable OR versions are high-density polyfoam, about 20 x 12 x 2 inches, and can be cut to size.

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On the table

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  • What it’s for

    Pads pressure points and keeps the patient from sliding on the OR bed. In robotic prostatectomy it is used with the drawsheet to secure the arms at the sides and is placed across the chest with heavy cloth tape to stop sliding in steep Trendelenburg positiontren-DEL-en-burg puh-ZISH-unA position in which the client lies on the back with the bed tilted so the head is lower than the feet.Full entry . It also pads legs in stirrups and supports the torso and limbs in supine, lateral, Fowler's and prone positions.

  • Lengths and variants

    STERIS disposable convoluted pad: 20 x 12 x 2 in (51 x 31 x 5 cm), 12 per case.

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  • During the case

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  1. Rothrock. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 15 (Genitourinary Surgery), p. 499
  2. Rothrock. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 6 (Positioning the Patient for Surgery), p. 166
  3. Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 16 (Moving, Handling, and Positioning the Surgical Patient), p. 327
  4. Goldman. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 10 (Microsurgery), p. 106
  5. steris.com

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