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The jackknife surgical position is used almost exclusively for rectal surgery. In it, the middle of the operating table points up, like an upside-down V, at a 90-degree angle.

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Also called Kraske position; Patients abdomen lays flat on the bed. The bed is scissored so the hip is lifted and the legs and head are low.

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