Beach Chair Position For Shoulder Surgery. A prospective study on the effect of general anesthesia compared with regional anesthesia and sedation”. Tance and there is much debate about the optimum position for surgery.
Tance and there is much debate about the optimum position for surgery. Side effects of the beach chair position. The patient is positioned so that the affected shoulder hangs off the side of the bed.
Typically the patient is placed in 10⁰ to 15⁰ of trendelenburg, the hips are flexed to 45⁰ to 90⁰ and the knees are flexed to 30⁰.
The presumed etiology of central nervous system injury is hypotension and subsequent cerebral hypoperfusion that occurs after alterations in positioning under general anesthesia. The findings support the suggestion that the beach chair position for arthroscopic shoulder surgery reduces cerebral electrical activity. Ensure that satisfactory views can be obtained before starting surgery. Accordingly, eeg waveform changes and it affects bis values.