Educational Articles

ABSTRACT Ergonomics is the science of best suiting the worker to his job, or to make the setting and surroundings favorable for the laparoscopic surgeon. The term was formally defi ned in 1949 and has brought benefi t and safety...

Principle of Laparoscopic Port Position Dr R K Mishra The relative position of the instrument ports is very important in the performance of surgical procedures endoscopically. The angle the instruments make with the operative site and to each other should...

Patient positioning in laparoscopic surgery: Tricks and tips J. Agostini , N. Goasguen , H. Mosnier ∗ Service de chirurgie digestive, hôpital de la Croix-Saint-Simon, groupe hospitalier les Diaconesses-la-Croix-Saint-Simon, 125, rue d’Avron, 75020 Paris, France Introduction By the very fact...