Gynaecological Examination | Examination Table vs Examinat…

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The new, electronically height-adjustable examination tables that are starting to appear in US gynecologists offices is marketed by the manufacturers as being "designed for patient comfort, providing maximum accessibility even for petite women … and safety for older or disabled patients."

I'm wondering how many women have had the opportunity to switch from the traditional examination "table" with traditional stirrups... to these newer, more modern "Patient Chairs". And for those whose Doctor has made the switch, what was your first impression when you walked into his or her examination room... and were faced with the new device?

Do you find the chairs to be any more or less comfortable? Do you feel any more or less exposed? Do you think the Doctor has greater access to the areas that need to be examined?

The advertisements seem to show an option for either "ergonomic leg plates or adjustable holders"… which have you experienced (I think here at Zity we tend to call the ergonomic leg plates as either cradles or back of knee supports)?

And finally, the ads seem to suggest "a completely relaxed examination situation"... do you feel any more relaxed in the chair vs. the table... or do you feel that perhaps the relaxed comment applies more to the Doctor being relaxed.… than to you, the patient??

Just wondering...

Flames

I only dealt with exam tables at GYNO. Maybe cool to see a gyno chair. Now you have me wondering what would be like.

Rigel

Our urologist has an exam chair with stirrups that you initially sit upright with feet in the stirrups. t - then it can electronically be tilted back to any position up to and including flat on your back as well as swinging the stirrups out to spread your legs apart. It also can slide forward toward the stirrups to better expose you vagina/anus for exams. For a cystometrogram they tilt it about 45 degrees and slightly spread your legs so the tech can get access to your urethra for catheterization.

This would be a great table for a play exam - albeit probably pretty pricey! Here's a link to an exam chair that appears similar to the one we saw

https://www.sonestamedical.se/products/?msclkid=fbdf70ccaf8d1b18448e2d0a4bbf08f9&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Chairs&utm_term=exam%20chair&utm_content=examination

Microscope

My wife has mobility issues I think the chair would be of assistance to her .

PJ in AZ

My friend had to have a hysteroscopy. It was done in office in their surgical suite. There was an anesthesiologist who did Dipravan on her, so she was 'asleep. She was in one of the chairs. She loved it before she went to sleep. She had described how she was in knee supports, and how her doc maneuvered the chair into position. It was so sexy to hear her describe how he kept moving the chair, then sitting on his stool, and adjusting it a few times. She was in a cloth gown, EKG leads on... he pushed the gown up and taped it mid abdomen. There was four people in the room, and she was on display for all to see.

Long story short... she highly recommended the chair!

rabidbiker

My wife was due to have her old IUD removed and a new one inserted last year. The women’s clinic we went to had recently installed those new power height adjustable exam tables. The table also had power adjustable knee crutches instead of stirrups, and the head end of the table was power adjustable to incline the patient. My wife thought the table was more comfortable than a standard exam table. She also thought the knee crutches were more comfortable than stirrups. She could just lay there and relax without having to be conscious of having to keep her legs open during the very uncomfortable procedure, since the knee crutches kept her legs held wide open whether she wanted to or not.

Brooke Lynn

I’m only ever really been in what I would call a chair. It had knee rests as well, not traditional stirrups.

JAM0627

I’ve only ever experienced the standard exam table with the stirrups. I think it would be interesting to experience a chair with the knee rests.

asha22

My last gyn exam was in a chair. Felt like a more comfy dentist chair and I was opened wide... I felt so exposed but it wasn't a very uncomfortable experience