Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 107-113 , January 2010

The impact of environmental noise on robot-assisted laparoscopic surgical performance

  • Ka-Chun Siu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
    • College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ka-Chun Siu, PhD, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985110 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5110.
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  • Irene H. Suh, MS

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
    • College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Mukul Mukherjee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Dmitry Oleynikov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Nick Stergiou, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
    • College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

,Accepted 27 August 2009.

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 Supported by the Nebraska Research Initiative and the Center for Advanced Surgical Technology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

PII: S0039-6060(09)00507-8

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.08.010

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 107-113 , January 2010

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