Christian Krettek (Ed.)
Dirk Aschemann (Ed.)

2006

The success of an operation depends not only on careful clarification of the indications, selection of the right time for operating and technically neat operating techniques, but also on correct preoperative preparation and positioning of the patient. But this aspect in particular is frequently neglected, particularly by young surgeons, because technical details of the operation assume far greater attention, underestimating the contribution made by optimum positioning to a time-saving operation which runs as perfectly as possible.