To optimize the lateral position of the operation, to improve the comfort of the lateral decubitus patients, to expose the incision adequately, and to improve the nursing quality of lateral decubitus surgery.

A total of 60 cases of thoracic surgery patients with lateral decubitus were divided into the control group and the test group according to the random number table method, 30 cases each. The control group used traditional lateral decubitus placement method, experimental group through the method and fixed on the traditional method of placing lateral limbs was improved, used in thoracic surgery especially in thoracoscopic surgery. The effect was compared between two groups.

The time between the experimental group and the control group was respectively (5.6 ± 0.7), (9.0 ± 0.5) min, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (t= 26.944, P < 0.01). In the two groups, the muscle soreness of 24 – 48 h after operation was 1 and 12 cases, and 2 groups were statistically significant (χ²= 13.35, P < 0.01). The postoperative satisfaction of the two groups of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses was statistically significant (Z=-2.573, P < 0.01).

The modified lateral application in thoracic surgery is superior than the traditional lateral position, lateral position display method of time and labor saving, energy saving, expand the operation field, improve patient comfort, reduce costs, and improve the safety of nursing quality in operation room.

Surgical position; Improved lateral; Position; Function