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Mirror glasses for minimally invasive surgery

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Abstract

Introduction

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.

Methods

Use of these glasses was evaluated in terms of the time required for threading of sutures with endoscopic forceps. Three surgeon ligated thread a suture five times with and without use of the glasses in the box, and the mean time was calculated for each surgeon.

Results

The time required for ligation (mean ± SD) was 24.2 ± 2.9 s with mirror glasses and 27.0 ± 2.5 s without the glasses (p = 0.01).

Conclusion

The mirror glasses may be found useful for fine manipulation for minimally invasive surgery.

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  1. Center for Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Norihiko Ishikawa, You Su Sun, L. Wiley Nifong & W. Randolph Chitwood Jr.

  2. Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

    Norihiko Ishikawa

  3. Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

    Norihiko Ishikawa, Makoto Oda, Yasuhiko Ohta & Go Watanabe

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  1. Norihiko Ishikawa
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Correspondence to Norihiko Ishikawa.

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Ishikawa, N., Sun, Y.S., Nifong, L.W. et al. Mirror glasses for minimally invasive surgery. Surg Endosc 21, 1233–1234 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-9118-3

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