Influence of instrument size on endoscopic task performance in pediatric intracorporeal knot tying: Smaller instruments are better in infants

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2086-2090

  Lee, Alex C H ^a   Haddad, Munther J ^b   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Infants; Knot quality score; Minimal access surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TUBE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIATRICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 35448961646     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9311-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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