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Shown is a child supine in the preferred table position, with the nonoperative extremity centered on the operating table. This allows for sufficient mobility of the operative extremity during the figure of 4 position, where the operative knee is flexed and externally rotated, and the foot is placed on top of the non-operative extremity. (Caud., caudal; Ceph., cephalad; L, left; R, right.)
