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1Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
The prone-oblique surgical position as introduced and used by Dr. Malis at Mount Sinai Hospital is presented. The advantages of this position over the prone and knee-chest positions are noted. Recommendations for the safe use of the prone-oblique position are made.
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