Errors enacted during endoscopic surgery - A human reliability analysis

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-414

  Joice, P ^a   Hanna, G B ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human error; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Observational methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERROR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0032483947     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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