Beach Chair Position Complications. The beach chair position allows better surgical visualization compared to lateral decubitus position but may be associated with catastrophic neurologic complications including stroke spinal cord ischemia and transient visual loss. 3 rows Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can be performed in both the beach chair and lateral decubitus.
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The BCP or sitting position is associated with several potential complications. Although uncommon severe neurological events have been reported in patients undergoing shoulder surgery in the beach chair position. Cervical plexus injury hypoglossal nerve injury cervical ischemia ophthalmoplegia hypotension and cerebral artery hypoperfusion are all documented complications in the beach-chair position.
Anes-thesia concerns are increased with the patient in the upright position because the sympathetic nervous sys-tem is responsible for increasing vascular resistance and mean arterial pressure MAP while decreasing cardiac.
3 rows Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can be performed in both the beach chair and lateral decubitus. The BCP or sitting position is associated with several potential complications. Subclinical neuropraxia is higher than recognized. Conducted a retrospective study.
