Surgical Tables

A surgical table comprising:

• a base for standing on a floor;
• a column of adjustable height mounted on and extending from the base;
• a tabletop providing a patient support surface, the tabletop being mounted on the column,
• wherein the column comprises a plurality of column elements which form a telescoping assembly movable between a contracted position and an extended position, the plurality of column elements comprising an outer column element, an inner column element, with the outer column element externally surrounding the inner column element and defining an external surface of the column when the column elements are telescoped into the contracted position, and an intermediate column element between the outer column element and the inner column element,
• a cable management system fitted to the column, the cable management system comprising a first flexible cable guide having a first end portion fitted, directly or indirectly, to the base and a second end portion fitted, directly or indirectly, to the intermediate column element and a second flexible cable guide having a first end portion fitted, directly or indirectly, to the intermediate column element and a second end portion fitted, directly or indirectly, to the outer column element,
• wherein the first and second flexible cable guides are each configured to be in a contracted configuration when the column is in the contracted position and in an extended configuration when the column is in the extended position,
• wherein in the contracted configuration each of the first and second cable guides has substantially parallel pairs of upright opposed legs of substantially the same length, and each pair of legs is interconnected at the respective upper ends by a transverse interconnection, and in the extended configuration the opposed legs of each pair have different length, wherein in the first cable guide the leg connected to the base is longer than the leg connected to the intermediate column element and in the second cable guide the leg connected to the intermediate column element is longer than the leg connected to the outer column element.