Video Monitor
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A flat-panel (LCD) widescreen display on the video tower or a mount. Equipment lists call for one or two monitors in laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry cases.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Shows the live image from the endoscopicen-doh-SKOP-ikDone with an endoscope, a thin tube with a light and camera passed into the body.endo- within-scopic viewingFull entry camera so the surgeon and team can see the operative site during laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry , arthroscopic, hysteroscopic, robotic and other minimally invasive cases. Monitors are placed at eye level where the surgeon and assistant can see them; for laparoscopic cholecystectomykoh-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-meeSurgery to remove the gallbladder.chol/e bilecyst/o sac, bladder-ectomy surgical removalFull entry they go on both the right and left sides of the field.
Lengths and variants
HD monitors use a 16:9 widescreen format, which is best for HD signals; 4K and 3-D models also exist.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 20 (Minimally Invasive Surgery), p. 439, 454
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 26 (Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx), p. 668
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 8 (Surgical Modalities), p. 214
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 12 (Surgery of the Biliary Tract, Pancreas, Liver, and Spleen), p. 351
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 19 (Genitourinary Surgery), p. 409
- relinkonline.com
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