An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery
Pressure injuries are an accepted complication of prone positioning during the neurosurgical procedures. Horseshoe headrest are intended to reduce the incidence and severity of such injuries by allowing limited areas of contact between the skin of dependent areas of contact and the supporting surfac...
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| author | Chetna Shamshery Rudrashish Haldar Arun Srivastava Ashutosh Kaushal Shashi Srivastava Prabhat K Singh |
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| description | Pressure injuries are an accepted complication of prone positioning during the neurosurgical procedures. Horseshoe headrest are intended to reduce the incidence and severity of such injuries by allowing limited areas of contact between the skin of dependent areas of contact and the supporting surfaces. We report a case where a patient positioned prone over a horseshoe headrest developed inadvertent unilateral facial pressure injuries following a 6-h long craniovertebral junction (CVJ) surgery. We attempt to highlight this complication, analyze its causation, and briefly review the existing literature related to similar reported injuries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdd10583350a432d912b45d102d3b5a02022-12-21T19:39:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine0974-82372016-01-0171626410.4103/0974-8237.176629An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgeryChetna ShamsheryRudrashish HaldarArun SrivastavaAshutosh KaushalShashi SrivastavaPrabhat K SinghPressure injuries are an accepted complication of prone positioning during the neurosurgical procedures. Horseshoe headrest are intended to reduce the incidence and severity of such injuries by allowing limited areas of contact between the skin of dependent areas of contact and the supporting surfaces. We report a case where a patient positioned prone over a horseshoe headrest developed inadvertent unilateral facial pressure injuries following a 6-h long craniovertebral junction (CVJ) surgery. We attempt to highlight this complication, analyze its causation, and briefly review the existing literature related to similar reported injuries.http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2016;volume=7;issue=1;spage=62;epage=64;aulast=ShamsheryCraniovertebral junction (CVJ)dependent contact pointhorseshoe headrestpressure injuriesprone position |
| spellingShingle | Chetna Shamshery Rudrashish Haldar Arun Srivastava Ashutosh Kaushal Shashi Srivastava Prabhat K Singh An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) dependent contact point horseshoe headrest pressure injuries prone position |
| title | An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| title_full | An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| title_fullStr | An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| title_short | An unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| title_sort | unusual cause of unilateral facial injuries caused by horseshoe headrest during prone positional craniovertebral junction surgery |
| topic | Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) dependent contact point horseshoe headrest pressure injuries prone position |
| url | http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2016;volume=7;issue=1;spage=62;epage=64;aulast=Shamshery |
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