The Importance of Postural Resets in Robotic Surgery

There's a tendency amongst early robotic series to allow their hands to drift upwards off the armrest. So similar with the chicken wing that Dr. Satroolo describes so I'm always pointing out to the residents remember to clutch put your arms down remembering to do postural resets like what Dr. Wright said constantly during the procedure is you get so tunnel visioned and you have to remind yourself to move your arms in sit up straight don't hyper extend your back. There are also a few other ergonomic things unique to robotic surgery.

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