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Sitting Stool

Surgeon's Stool · OR Stool · Surgical Stool · Surgistool · Footrest Stool

A padded, height-adjustable stool on casters, often with a backrest and a foot pedal or lever to raise and lower the seat.

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  • What it’s for

    Lets the surgeon, and often the scrub, sit for long, fine or tedious work: microscope cases (ear, eye, microsurgery), vascular anastomosisuh-nas-tuh-MOH-sisA connection between two tube-shaped structures, such as two ends of bowel or two blood vessels, made by surgery or found naturally.Full entry and hand surgery. Sitting stools should be in the room whenever the microscope will be used.

  • Lengths and variants

    Plain stools and stools with backrests or armrests for arm support in microsurgery.

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  1. AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 17 (Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery), p. 671
  2. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 30 (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), p. 860
  3. Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 21 (Vascular Surgery), p. 511
  4. somatechnology.com

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