The lithotomy position is often used during childbirth and surgery in the pelvic area. It involves lying on your back with your legs flexed 90 degrees at your hips. Your knees will be bent at 70 ...

The lithotomy position is a commonly used position in urologic, gynecologic and proctologic examinations and procedures, but is most well-known because of its widespread adoption in obstetrics ...

He worked with several surgeons to design special instruments. Besides Lithotomy instruments Roher was known for his excellent obstetrical instruments. Lithotomy is the surgical removal of calculi or ...

The dorsal lithotomy position is the one used commonly in North America. However, it is noteworthy that it only came into use within the last 150 years or so, and is not recommended in any other ...

Harold Hendley, Stone In The Bladder: Lithotomy Followed By Litholapaxy, The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1877 (Dec. 19, 1896), pp. 1771-1772 ...