Mayfield Overhead Instrument Table
Mayfield Table · Overhead Table · Over-Operating Table · Over-Patient Instrument Table
A wide stainless steel instrument table on two telescoping legs with casters, tall enough to straddle the OR table and sit over the patient. A hand crank or motor raises and lowers the top.
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What it’s for
Holds the scrub's instruments over the patient's body in neurosurgery, such as a craniotomykray-nee-OT-uh-meeSurgery in which a piece of the skull is removed to reach the brain, and usually put back at the end.crani/o skull-tomy cutting intoFull entry , in place of a Mayo standMAY-oh standA small tray on an adjustable stand placed over or beside the patient during surgery to hold the instruments used most often.Full entry . It is placed with its edge just below the patient's chin before draping, the craniotomy drape goes over it, and the instruments are set on the draped top. It also suits other big cases such as spine, cardiac and orthopedic surgeryor-thuh-PEE-dik SUR-juh-reeSurgery on the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles.ortho- straightped child (the specialty began with straightening children's bones)-ic relating toFull entry .
Lengths and variants
The Blickman Georgetown model comes in four top sizes, adjusts up to 56 in high with a detachable hand crank on either side, and has 3 in swivel casters, two with brakes.
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- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 12 (Surgical Case Management), p. 380
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 24 (Neurosurgery), p. 1141-1142
- alimed.com
- patents.google.com
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