The Prevention of Positioning Injuries During Gynecologic Surgery. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/077, October 2020)

Markus C. Fleisch; Werner Bader; Kai Balzer; Luisa Bennefeld; Carsten Boeing; Dorothee Bremerich; Paul Gass; Verena Geissbuehler; Martin C. Koch; Monika J. Nothacker; Klaus Pietzner; Stefan P. Renner; Thomas Römer; Stephan Roth; Florian Schütz; Wilhelm Schulte-Mattler; Jalid Sehouli; Kristina Lippach; Karl Tamussino; Alexander Teichmann; Clemens Tempfer; Marc Thill; Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg; Konstantinos Zarras

doi:10.1055/a-1378-4209

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2021; 81(04): 447-468
DOI: 10.1055/a-1378-4209

GebFra Science

Guideline/Leitlinie

The Prevention of Positioning Injuries During Gynecologic Surgery. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/077, October 2020)

Article in several languages: English | deutsch

Authors

Markus C. Fleisch

¹Landesfrauenklinik, HELIOS Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Werner Bader

²Zentrum für Frauenheilkunde, Klinikum Bielefeld Mitte, Bielefeld, Germany
Kai Balzer

³Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie, GFO Kliniken, Bonn, Germany
Luisa Bennefeld

¹Landesfrauenklinik, HELIOS Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Carsten Boeing

⁴Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, AMEOS Klinikum St. Clemens Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Dorothee Bremerich

⁵Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Paul Gass

⁶DGGG Leitliniensekretariat, Germany
Verena Geissbuehler

⁷Department für Gynäkologie, St. Claraspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Martin C. Koch

⁸Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Monika J. Nothacker

⁹AWMF-Institut für Medizinisches Wissensmanagement, Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Klaus Pietzner

¹⁰Charité Frauenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Stefan P. Renner

¹¹Frauenklinik, Klinikum Böblingen, Böblingen, Germany
Thomas Römer

¹²Frauenklinik, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Weyertal, Köln, Germany
Stephan Roth

¹³Klinik für Urologie, HELIOS Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Florian Schütz

¹⁴Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Diakonissen Krankenhaus Speyer, Speyer, Germany
Wilhelm Schulte-Mattler

¹⁵Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Jalid Sehouli

¹⁰Charité Frauenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Kristina Lippach

¹⁶Pflegewissenschaften und Praxisentwicklung, LMU München, München, Germany
Karl Tamussino

¹⁷Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Graz, Graz, Austria
Alexander Teichmann

¹⁸Sichuan Center for Gynaecology and Breast Surgery, Dept. of Perinatal Medicine, Medical University of Southwest China, Luzhou (Sichuan), China
Clemens Tempfer

¹⁹Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum Bochum, Bochum/Herne, Germany
Marc Thill

²⁰Klinik für Gynäkologie und Gynäkologische Onkologie, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg

²¹Frauenklinik, Nordwest Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Konstantinos Zarras

²²Abteilung für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Minimalinvasive Chirurgie des VVKD Marienhospitals Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Abstract

Purpose Positioning injuries are relatively common, forensically highly relevant complications of gynecologic surgery. The aim of this official AWMF S2k-guideline is to provide statements and recommendations on how to prevent positioning injuries using the currently available literature. The literature was evaluated by an interdisciplinary group of experts from professional medical societies. The consensus on recommendations and statements was achieved in a structured consensus process.

Method The current guideline is based on the expired S1-guideline, which was updated by a systematic search of the literature and a review of relevant publications issued between February 2014 and March 2019. Statements were compiled and voted on by a panel of experts.

Recommendations The guideline provides general and specific recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of positioning injuries.

Key words

gynecologic surgery - positioning injuries - prevention

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