Editing Lithotomy position (section)

==Use for prolonged surgical procedures==
Some studies have found a significant relationship between prolonged surgical procedures with the patient in the lithotomy position and a circulatory complication known as [[compartment syndrome]].<ref name="pmid10893585">{{cite journal|author5-link=Hunter Wessells|vauthors=Anema JG, Morey AF, McAninch JW, Mario LA, Wessells H |title=Complications related to the high lithotomy position during urethral reconstruction |journal=Journal of Urology |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=360–3 |date=August 2000 |pmid=10893585 |doi= 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67360-0}}</ref><ref name="pmid11336771">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cohen SA, Hurt WG |title=Compartment syndrome associated with lithotomy position and intermittent compression stockings |journal=[[Obstet Gynecol]] |volume=97 |issue=5 Pt 2 |pages=832–3 |date=May 2001 |doi= 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01141-8|pmid=11336771|s2cid=2257854 }}</ref> Nerve injury by pressure is also possible, the femoral or peroneal nerve are at risk.<ref>Manski, D: Online textbook of urology http://www.urology-textbook.com/lithotomy-position.html</ref>