- Typically, the patient is placed in the supine position with arms out laterally.
- The surgeon is usually on the patient’s right side and the assistant is opposite.
- Generally, for the jejunojejunostomy portion, the patient is in a supine position and moved to reverse trendelenburg for the portion of the surgery in the upper abdomen.
- Care must be taken with positioning the upper extremities of a patient suffering from morbid obesity as they could be at risk for nerve injury due to their higher BMI.
