A surgical table comprising: a base for standing on a floor； a column of adjustable height mounted on and extending from the base, wherein the column comprises a plurality of column elements which form a telescoping assembly, the plurality of column elements comprising an outer column element and 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 a contracted configuration； a tabletop providing a patient support surface； a movable framework mounted between the tabletop and the column for enabling at least a part of the tabletop to be rotatable about a trend axis extending in a transverse direction across the tabletop； and an actuator mechanism coupled between the movable framework and the column and arranged to raise and lower the movable framework and the trend axis relative to the column and to rotate the movable framework about the trend axis, wherein the actuator mechanism is fitted to an external surface of the outer column element and is adapted to move the movable framework between a lowermost position, at which the trend axis extends through an upper part of the outer column element which surrounds the inner column element when the column elements are telescoped into the contracted configuration, and an uppermost position, at which the trend axis is spaced at spacing height from an uppermost part of the column.
