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Ergonomics of Task Performance in Endoscopic Surgery

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  1. Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology Divison of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anesthetics Imperial College London, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College of Science, 10 th Floor, QEQM Wing, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK

    George B. Hanna

  2. Surgical Skills Unit, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School University of Dundee, Dundee Tayside, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK

    Alfred Cuschieri

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CB, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Klaas M. A. Bax MD, PhD, FRCS

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    Keith E. Georgeson MD

  3. The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, 1601 E 19th Ave, Suite 5500, Denver, Colorado, 80218, USA

    Steven S. Rothenberg MD

  4. Hôpital Lenval Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fondation Lenval, 57, Avenue de la Californie, 06200, Nice, France

    Jean-Stéphane Valla MD, PhD

  5. Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

    C K Yeung MD, PhD

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Hanna, G.B., Cuschieri, A. (2008). Ergonomics of Task Performance in Endoscopic Surgery. In: Bax, K.M.A., Georgeson, K.E., Rothenberg, S.S., Valla, JS., Yeung, C.K. (eds) Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49910-7_5

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