Operating table

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An operating table, sometimes called operating room table, is the table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation.^[1] This surgical equipment is usually found inside the surgery room of a hospital.^[2] A specialized type of operating table, called a surgical fracture table (or trauma table), is designed to allow an orthopedic surgeon to perform common orthopedic procedures such as hip fractures, pelvic fractures, tibial fractures, fibula fractures, and anterior approach total hip arthroplasty.^[3] Modern surgical fracture tables cost >US$200,000, but the costs can be reduced to make them more accessible using distributed digital fabrication with 3D printing of open-source hardware designs.^[4]