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Why do women assume a supine position when giving birth? The perceptions and experiences of postnatal mothers and nurse-midwives in Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Before the advent of Western medicine in Tanzania, women gave birth in an upright position either by sitting, squatting or kneeling. Birthing women would hold ropes or trees as a way of gaining strength and stability in order to push the baby ...
Lilian Teddy Mselle, Lucia Eustace
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Whole breast and regional nodal irradiation in prone versus supine position in left sided breast cancer [PDF]

Radiation Oncology, 2017
Background: Prone whole breast irradiation (WBI) leads to reduced heart and lung doses in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy. In this feasibility trial, we investigated the prone position for whole breast + lymph node irradiation (WB +
A Berrington de Gonzalez, AM Kirby, Annick Van Greveling, Bert Boute, Bruno Speleers, BT Gielda, BV Offersen, BV Offersen, Chris Monten, CR Jephcott, FR Bartlett, FR Bartlett, G Alco, Giselle Post, Herman Depypere, I Finke, IR Vogelius, IY Jo, J Buijsen, J Reznik, JD Boice Jr, Joris Van de Velde, K Kainz, K Verhoeven, K Verhoeven, L Veldeman, LB Marks, LB Thorsen, Leen Paelinck, Liv Veldeman, LM Sun, M Alonso-Basanta, M Feng, M Stovall, N Dogan, N Mason, P McGale, PD Inskip, Pieter Deseyne, PM Poortmans, RA Sethi, SC Darby, SC Formenti, SC Lymberis, SM Shin, T Grantzau, T Grantzau, T Mulliez, T Mulliez, T Mulliez, T Mulliez, T Viren, TE Merchant, TJ Whelan, Tom Van Hoof, Wilfried De Neve, X Gao   +56 more
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Upright versus supine MRI: effects of body position on craniocervical CSF flow

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2021
Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation between the brain and spinal canal, as part of the glymphatic system, provides homeostatic support to brain functions and waste clearance. Recently, it has been observed that CSF flow is strongly driven by
Marco Muccio, David Chu, Lawrence Minkoff, Neeraj Kulkarni, Brianna Damadian, Raymond V. Damadian, Yulin Ge   +6 more
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Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in Supine Position

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgical Sciences, 2015
Background: Esophageal cancer needs major surgery due to its anatomic position, which is followed by high morbidity in most patients. Thoracotomy, a previously used method, was accompanied by high pulmonary complications, had physical limitations, and low tolerance of patients.
Alireza Tavassoli, Abbas Abdollahi, Mohammad Alipour, Ali Jangjoo   +3 more
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Influence of Upright Versus Supine Position on Resting and Exercise Hemodynamics in Patients Assessed for Pulmonary Hypertension

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background The aim of the present work was to study the influence of body position on resting and exercise pulmonary hemodynamics in patients assessed for pulmonary hypertension (PH).
C. Berlier, S. Saxer, M. Lichtblau, S. Schneider, E. Schwarz, M. Furian, K. Bloch, A. Carta, S. Ulrich   +8 more
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COMPARISON OF PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITOTOMY (PCNL) IN PRONE AND SUPINE POSITION: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE REPORT

Jurnal Urologi Indonesia, 2021
Objective: This study aims to compare outcomes of supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy to prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy as a traditional approach in Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung.
Ferry Safriadi, Dadan Ramdhan
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A prospective, randomized comparison of standard prone position versus flank-free modified supine position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A single-center initial experience

Urology Annals, 2022
Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the first choice for treatment of large renal stone >2 cm. The prone position is the classical position preferred by most surgeons. Aiming to improve patient anesthesia and surgery-related inconveniences
Fouad Zanaty, Alaa Mousa, Mohamed Elgharabawy, Mohamed Elshazly, Sultan Sultan   +4 more
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The supine position for elbow surgery [PDF]

Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2012
It is not possible to turn patients who have spinal injuries, unstable pelvic injuries requiring an external fixator and polytrauma patients prior to spinal clearance. We describe a simple technique to overcome these problems while maintaining the access required for emergent and elective elbow surgery.
Wijeratna, S Thomas, L Van Rensburg
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Differences in airway lumen area between supine and upright computed tomography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Research, 2021
Background No clinical studies to date have compared the inspiratory and expiratory airway lumen area between supine and standing positions. Thus, the aims of this study were twofold: (1) to compare inspiratory and expiratory airway lumen area (IAA and ...
Shotaro Chubachi, Yoshitake Yamada, Minoru Yamada, Yoichi Yokoyama, Akiko Tanabe, Shiho Matsuoka, Yuki Niijima, Wakako Yamasawa, Hidehiro Irie, Mitsuru Murata, Koichi Fukunaga, Masahiro Jinzaki   +11 more
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Retrosigmoid Approach in the Supine Position Using ORBEYE: A Consecutive Series of 14 Cases

Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2020
One of the merits of recently introduced exoscopes, including ORBEYE, is that they are superior to a conventional microscope in terms of ergonomic features.
Takeshi Shimizu, S. Toyota, Kanji Nakagawa, T. Murakami, K. Mori, H. Kishima, T. Taki   +6 more
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