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    The ergonomics of women in surgery

    Among surgeons who regularly perform minimally invasive surgery, as many as 87 % report injuries or symptoms related to job performance. Operating room and instrument design have traditionally favored surgeons...

    Erica Sutton, Myra Irvin, Craig Zeigler, Gyusung Lee, Adrian Park in Surgical Endoscopy (2014)

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    Quantifying mental workloads of surgeons performing natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures

    During natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), surgeons often have difficulties orienting the surgical view and manipulating instruments accurately, which increases their level of mental and p...

    Bin Zheng, Erwin Rieder, Maria A. Cassera, Danny V. Martinec in Surgical Endoscopy (2012)

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    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy poses physical injury risk to surgeons: analysis of hand technique and standing position

    This study compares surgical techniques and surgeon’s standing position during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), investigating each with respect to surgeons’ learning, performance, and ergonomics. Little homo...

    Yassar Youssef, Gyusung Lee, Carlos Godinez, Erica Sutton in Surgical Endoscopy (2011)

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    Higher physical workload risks with NOTES versus laparoscopy: a quantitative ergonomic assessment

    Research confirms that surgeons experience physical symptoms due to the unfavorable ergonomics of laparoscopy. The physical effects of performing Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)—potenti...

    Gyusung Lee, Erica Sutton, Tameka Clanton, Adrian Park in Surgical Endoscopy (2011)

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    A validated subjective rating of display quality: the Maryland Visual Comfort Scale

    Minimally invasive surgery requires high-quality imaging to provide effective visual displays to surgeons. Whereas objective measures—pixels, resolution, display size, contrast ratio—are used to compare imagin...

    F. Jacob Seagull, Erica Sutton, Tommy Lee, Carlos Godinez in Surgical Endoscopy (2011)

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    Ergonomic risk associated with assisting in minimally invasive surgery

    Given the physical risks associated with performing laparoscopic surgery, ergonomics to date has focused on the primary minimally invasive surgeon. Similar studies have not extended to other operating room sta...

    Gyusung Lee, Tommy Lee, David Dexter, Carlos Godinez, Nora Meenaghan in Surgical Endoscopy (2009)

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    Development of a more robust tool for postural stability analysis of laparoscopic surgeons

    Physical difficulties experienced by surgeons performing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) are being given extensive attention by ergonomic researchers. Postural stability, not commonly addressed, is our prime ...

    Gyusung Lee, Adrian E. Park in Surgical Endoscopy (2008)

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    Postural instability does not necessarily correlate to poor performance: case in point

    It is very important for surgeons who perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to maintain proper postural stability, which kinematic research can determine. Previous studies in surgical ergonomics have shown ...

    Gyusung Lee, Stephen M. Kavic, Ivan M. George, Adrian E. Park in Surgical Endoscopy (2007)