Ergonomic assessment of the da Vinci console in robot-assisted surgery

van’t Hullenaar Cas D.P.; Hermans Ben; Broeders Ivo A.M.J.

doi:10.1515/iss-2017-0007

Innovative Surgical Science (Apr 2017)

Ergonomic assessment of the da Vinci console in robot-assisted surgery

van’t Hullenaar Cas D.P.,
Hermans Ben,
Broeders Ivo A.M.J.

Affiliations

van’t Hullenaar Cas D.P.: Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Centre, Maatweg 3, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Hermans Ben: Department of Technical Medicine,Twente University, Noordhorst (NH101), Postbus 217, Enschede, The Netherlands
Broeders Ivo A.M.J.: Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Centre, Maatweg 3, 3813 TZ Amersfoort, The Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2017-0007
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 97 – 104

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Robot-assisted surgery is considered to improve ergonomics over standard endoscopic surgery. Nevertheless, previous research demonstrated ergonomic deficits in the current console set-up.

Published in Innovative Surgical Science

ISSN: 2364-7485 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/iss/html

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