World Anaesthesia Issue 15
... routine for anaesthetists to facilitate surgical access for a ... They should then be comfortably positioned prior to ... arms should be carefully secured either next ...

www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u15/u1515_01.htm -

Mayfield Clinic - Acoustic Neuroma
... Once asleep, your body will be positioned for the surgery and your head secured in a head fixation device attached to the operating table. ...

www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-Acoustic.htm

AJR -- Mohana-Borges et al. 181 (6): 1449
... are usually treated with conservative maneuvers or simple surgical débridement, type ... an outstretched arm, with the shoulder positioned in abduction and slight ...

www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/181/6/1449