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{{Short description|Table on which a patient lies during a surgical operation}}

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[[File:BLW 19th Century Operating Table.jpg|thumb|right|170px|A 19th-century operating table.]]An '''operating table''', sometimes called '''[[operating room]] [[Table (furniture)|table]]''', is the table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation.<ref name=TFD>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/operating+table Operating table], thefreedictionary.com</ref> This surgical equipment is usually found inside the [[surgery]] room of a [[hospital]].<ref name=Reverso>[http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/operating%20table Operating table], dictionary.reverso.net</ref> A specialized type of operating table, called a surgical fracture table (or trauma table), is designed to allow an [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopedic surgeon]] to perform common orthopedic procedures such as [[Hip fracture|hip fractures]], [[Pelvic fracture|pelvic fractures]], [[Tibial fracture|tibial fractures]], [[Crus fracture|fibula fractures]], and anterior approach total hip [[Hip replacement|arthroplasty]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Operating Tables {{!}} OR Tables {{!}} Surgical Tables {{!}} STERIS |url=https://www.steris.com/healthcare/products/surgical-tables |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.steris.com}}</ref> Modern surgical fracture tables cost >US$200,000, but the costs can be reduced to make them more accessible using distributed [[Digital modeling and fabrication|digital fabrication]] with [[3D printing]] of [[open-source hardware]] designs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bow |first1=J. K. |last2=Gallup |first2=N. |last3=Sadat |first3=S. A. |last4=Pearce |first4=J. M. |date=2022-07-15 |title=Open source surgical fracture table for digitally distributed manufacturing |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=e0270328 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0270328 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=9286293 |pmid=35839177 |bibcode=2022PLoSO..1770328B |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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