Prone or supine?

Deformable Registration of Supine and Prone

When prone position is contraindicated or not preferable, can supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy solve the problem?

PURPOSE To assess safety and efficacy of supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients for whom prone position or general anesthesia is contraindicated or not preferable due to associated comorbidities, overweight or ipsilateral upper ureteric calculi. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty two patients (37 males and 15 females, mean age 33 ± 10.2 years) were included in this study. Supine position wa...

What is better in percutaneous nephrolithotomy – Prone or supine? A systematic review

OBJECTIVE To review the literature reporting the technique of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and outcomes for prone and supine PCNL, as PCNL is an established treatment for renal calculi and both prone and supine PCNL have been described, but there has been much debate as to the optimal position for renal access in PCNL. METHODS A review of the medical literature was conducted using the ...

Conformal Geometry Based Supine and Prone Colon Registration

In virtual colonoscopy, CT scans are typically acquired with the patient in both supine and prone positions. The registration of these two scans is desirable so that the physician can clarify situations or confirm polyp findings at a location in one scan with the same location in the other, thereby improving polyp detection rates and reducing false positives. However, this supine-prone registra...

Prone vs supine positioning for breast cancer radiotherapy.

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