A comparison of the physical effort required for laparoscopic and open surgical techniques

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 967-970

  Berguer, Ramon ^a,c   Chen, Jerry ^b   Smith, Warren D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Surgical Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THENAR;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0042919200     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.9.967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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