TASK AND MOTION ANALYSES IN ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

Caroline G.L. Cao, Christine L. MacKenzie, Shahram Payandeh, Simon Fraser University

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Abstract

We present here task and motion analyses, part of a larger study on users, tasks and tools in endoscopic surgery. Expert and novice surgeons' performance of laparoscopic surgery in training workshops was captured on video and analyzed. Four basic surgical tasks were identified: dissecting tissue, suturing, tying knots, and cutting suture. Each task was decomposed into subtasks with operational beginnings and endings. Subtasks were further analyzed into component motions. Here we discuss: differences between novice and expert surgeons; task constraints that might account for the pattern of results across the different tasks, including precision and safety constraints; differences in manipulation of the same endoscopic tool as a function of the target object; the large number of “additional” motions; difficulties in positioning and orientation of tools to perform the surgical tasks; and the serial execution of reach and grasp movements in endoscopic surgery, compared to their parallel execution in natural prehension.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDynamic Systems and Control
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages583-590
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780791815281
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Nov 17 1996Nov 22 1996

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume1996-O

Conference

ConferenceASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period11/17/9611/22/96

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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