A unique frame for back surgery

A new frame has been designed to maintain patients in what the author chooses to call the prone sitting position during back surgery. Studies have shown such a position to be far superior to other positions in minimizing blood loss during surgical procedures on the back. The new frame has the advantages of accommodating all body habitus types, including the markedly obese, with a minimum of effort in putting the patient on the frame, thus overcoming the limitations of the frames currently available for the prone sitting position.