Ergonomic problems encountered during video-assisted thoracic surgery

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Kranenburg, L ^a   Gossot, Dominique ^b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Operating room; Thoracoscopy; VATS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; FRANCE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TROCAR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 3242881060     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700410033661     Document Type: Article

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