Ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Supe, Avinash N ^a   Kulkarni, Gaurav V ^a   Supe, Pradnya A ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Sion Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; human engineering; instrumentation environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954849041     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: 19983921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.65161     Document Type: Review

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