Analysis of the Positional Relationship Among the Operator, Camera, and Monitor: Overcoming the Difficulties of Mirror-image Conditions During Laparoscopic Surgery

Conclusions: Mirror-image surgical conditions provided the most difficult setting, because surgeons and assistants often became disoriented, and task performance was most degraded. However, just 4 days of training was found to be sufficient to overcome the difficulties encountered while performing laparoscopic procedures under mirror-image conditions.
Source: Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques - Category: Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research