Ideal manipulation angle and instrument length in hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 924-929

  Manasnayakorn, S ^a,b   Cuschieri, A ^c   Hanna, G B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ergonomic; Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Instrument length; Manipulation angle

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 42149137887     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9520-5     Document Type: Article

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