Ringed silicon rubber attachment prevents laparoscopic surgeon's thumb

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1126-1130

  Inaki, N ^a   Kanehira, E ^b   Kinoshita, T ^c   Komai, K ^a   Omura, K ^a   Watanabe, G ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Minimally Invasive Surgery Center   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Instrument design; Laparoscopic surgeon's thumb; Lateral digital nerve; Paresthesia; Ringed silicon rubber attachment

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THUMB;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; RUBBER; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THUMB;

EID: 34347380127     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9061-3     Document Type: Article

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