(205) Patient in position for vaginal operation, Legs are held in place by leg - holdders.
She must also know how to scrub her hands properly, or she must not be admitted to the operating room. Operations through abdominal incision are performed on an operating table which makes it possible to impart to the patient a position with raised pelvis and lowered upper half of the body “trendelenburg’s position” .
Operations through the vagina are performed in a gynecological chair on an operating table, the patient lying on the edge of the table in a position with the thigh pressed against the abdomen, her lags supported under the knees by a special leg holder. If no leg holder is available, one can be made from a sheet, as shown in figs. 206, 207 and 208.
(206) Folding a sheet diagonally the nurse and attendant hold it a opposite ends and simultaneously spin it in the same direction.
(207) As a result of the spinning the sheet looks like a rope.
(208) The middle of the wsited sheet is placed under the patient’s neck and the ands are tied under the knees edge of the table in a position with the thighs pressed against the abdomen, her legs supported under the knees by a special leg holder (205). If no leg holder is available, one can be made from a sheet, as shown in figs. 206, 207 and 208
