Correct
Figure A
Incorrect
Figure B
Correct
Figure C
ENGLISH:
* Patient positioning and application of the skull clamp can be made with numerous variations. The patient's final position
should be acceptable to the surgeon, taking into account the patient's anatomy, pressure points, neck flexibility and access
to the surgical target. In looking at the above chart, the ovals representing the patient's head have centerlines drawn on
them. The diagrams show selected samples of proper and improper applications of the skull clamp. The direction of the
single-pin should point directly through the center point created by the centerlines of the patient's head with the pins
on the two-pin side of the skull clamp being equidistant to single-pin line of direction to obtain the highest degree of
stability.
Table 1: MAYFIELD® Skull Clamp Positioning* Diagram
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SKULL CLAMP
HEAD
HEAD
SKULL CLAMP