Your patient has requested a follow-up assessment of his pilonidal disease because of a recent onset of pruritus on his buttocks.To inspect the patient's perineum and sacrococcygeal area,you would position him

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For inspection,place the patient in the left lateral decubitus position and visualize the perineal skin.The lithotomy position is used for females undergoing a rectovaginal examination.Bending over the table with the legs spread apart is used typically with males undergoing a prostate palpation.For patients who are unable to stand,they can use a knee-chest position on the examination table,but they should not be supine,with the legs spread apart.

Your Patient Has Requested a Follow-Up Assessment of His Pilonidal