Optimal monitor positioning and camera rotation angle for mirror image: overcoming reverse alignment during laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Abstract Mirror image is one of the most difficult situations that the assistant surgeon encounters in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether task performance with mirror images improves by changing the position of the monitor and the rotation angle...

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Main Authors: Susumu Miura, Taro Oshikiri, Yukiko Miura, Gosuke Takiguchi, Nobuhisa Takase, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masashi Yamamoto, Shingo Kanaji, Yoshiko Matsuda, Kimihiro Yamashita, Takeru Matsuda, Tetsu Nakamura, Satoshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kakeji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44939-0