Open AccessMirror glasses for minimally invasive surgery
Author(s) -
Norihiko Ishikawa,
You Su Sun,
L. Wiley Nifong,
Makoto Oda,
Yasuhiko Ohta,
Go Watanabe,
W. Randolph Chitwood
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
surgical endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.457
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1432-2218
pISSN - 0930-2794
DOI - 10.1007/s00464-006-9118-3
Subject(s) - forceps , medicine , surgery , invasive surgery , abdominal surgery , fibrous joint
The operator performing minimally invasive surgery is prevented from seeing the whole field with both eyes by the restricted small thoracotomy incision. To overcome this problem, we developed mirror glasses.
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