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Title Engineering for patient safety : issues in minimally invasive procedures / edited by Jenny Dankelman, Cornelis A. Grimbergen, Henk G. Stassen
Published Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations
Series LEA's human error and safety series
LEA's human error and safety series.
Contents 1. Introduction to Minimally Invasive Surgery / Henk G. Stassen, Cornells A. Grimbergen, and Jenny Dankelman -- 2. Evaluation of the Surgical Process / Karen T. den Boer [and others] -- 3. Observation and Manipulation in Laparoscopic Surgery / Paul Breedveld [and others] -- 4. Eye-Hand Coordination in Laparoscopy / Paul Breedveld -- 5. Force Transmission of Laparoscopic Graspers / Wouter Sjoerdsma [and others] -- 6. Safe Manipulation of Bowel Tissue / Eveline A.M. Heijnsdijk [and others] -- 7. Design and Evaluation of Endoscope Positioners / Joris E.N. Jaspers -- 8. Design of Arthroscopic Instruments / Gabrielle M. Tuijthof, C. Niek van Dijk, and Peter V. Pistecky -- 9. Virtual Colonoscopy / Frans M. Vos [and others] -- 10. Steering of Catheters / Niels H. Bakker -- 11. Sensors for Catheters and Guidewires / Johannes F.L. Goosen, Jan J. Piek, and Paddy J. French -- 12. The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Training / Henk G. Stassen
Summary A brief study of how human factors engineers have worked with medical personnel to improve patient safety and reduce medical error in the newest minimally invasive surgical procedures
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Surgical instruments and apparatus -- Design and construction
Endoscopic surgery.
Surgery -- Technological innovations
Biomedical engineering.
Medical errors -- Prevention.
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation
Biomedical Engineering -- methods
Equipment Design -- methods
Equipment Safety -- methods
biomedical engineering.
MEDICAL -- Prosthesis.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Biomedical engineering
Endoscopic surgery
Medical errors -- Prevention
Surgery -- Technological innovations
Surgical instruments and apparatus -- Design and construction
Form Electronic book
Author Dankelman, Jenny
Grimbergen, Cornelis A
Stassen, Henk G
ISBN 1410611779
9781410611772
080584905X
9780805849059
9780429228278
0429228279