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PRE OPERATION
• Vital sign, saturation oxygen
• remove clothing, accessories, denture
• positioned on the operating table
➢provides the best access to the joint being operated on.
➢THR / hemiarthroplasty– lateral position for lateral &
posterior approach
➢TKR – Supine position with foot on sand bag when knee
flexed
