Operation Table Constitute a Crucial Part of Successful Operation

The principal function of the operation table, or as it is sometimes called as the surgical table, is to hold the patient in the desired position as per the need of the specific operational procedure and to let the surgeon and medical crew to easily adjust any required adjustment when the procedure is going on without disrupting the operation.

The operating tables can be subdivided into the general and specialty operating tables. General ones comprise of ambulatory care, acute care, and bariatric tables. On the other hand, the specialty types include image-guided, ortho/spine and orthopedic tables. Another way to classify the operating tables is on the basis of location in the OR such as drive type, stationary or mobile, properties of bed material and panel characteristics, like X-ray opaque or transparent. Some other determinants also include panel slope, table height, and section slope adjustment.

Because of the extremely intricate nature of the surgical processes that are carried out in hospitals nowadays, efficient and specialized operation room tables are needed. For instance, non-invasive procedures and complicated imaging methods that are all the time more on the go are liable to need that patients are kept in an exact, and at times unusual, position. This has led to the hospital furniture supplier developing more technologically sophisticated operating tables. These include the latest hospital operation tables that come with a multifunction spine system attachment that offers extra flexibility through advanced lateral, supine and prone positioning. What’s more, it also ensures enhanced eye and airway visibility, in addition to unrestricted C-arm access.

The advancement has been noticed not only in the specialty tables but the basic hospital operation tables. Now there are tables that rotate, slide and move the patients with just one caregiver all the way through the perioperative area.