POSITIONING IN NEUROSURGERY & POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS

Objectives 

– to understand different positioning in neurosurgery and its related potential complications 

– to identify patients at risk for positioning complications in neurosurgery 

– to prevent and manage potential positioning complications 

Learning points 

– sitting and prone position associated physiological changes and complications during neurosurgery 

– identification and treatment of venous air embolism 

– risk factors for ophthalmic complications during prone

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