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T
ry holding your shoulders, elbows
and wrists like the surgeon in this
picture. Awkward, right? After
just a few minutes, you'd likely be sore and fatigued.
Now imagine holding instruments in that weird, spread-
eagle position, gripping and guiding those long chopstick-like tools
that don't bend like your wrists and don't move in the same direction
as your hand movements — the surgeon's hand moves left, and the
instrument tip moves right. To top off our ergonomic exercise, you'll
Minimally invasive surgery can be a major pain in the neck
(and back, shoulders and wrists) for your surgeons.
Dan O'Connor
Editor-in-Chief
• CONTORTIONIST Laparoscopy can
be a painful way for your surgeons to
practice, sometimes causing debili-
tating repetitive stress injuries.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
The Aches and Pain of Laparoscopy
