Articulating vs. conventional laparoscopic grasping tools - Surgeons' opinions

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Trejo, A E ^a   Done K N ^a   DiMartino, A A ^a   Oleynikov, D ^b   Hallbeck, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulating end effector; Ergonomic design; Laparoscopy; Surgical tools

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; END EFFECTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; SURGERY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ARTICULATING END EFFECTORS; ERGONOMIC DESIGN; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL TOOLS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ERGONOMICS; FINGER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THUMB; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 29944435443     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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