Aching for Change: Musculoskeletal Pain in the Operating Theatre Amongst Surgical Trainees.

Objectives: Work-related injuries are common among surgeons with up to 70 % being found to report difficulties. Given the extension expected to career longevity for current trainees, injury prevention is more important than ever. However, ergonomics education for surgical trainees in the UK is deficient.

Disinfection of flexible fibre-optic endoscopes out-of-hours: confidential telephone survey of ENT units in England - 20 years on.

Background: Flexible upper aerodigestive endoscopy is often performed in the emergency setting. To prevent nosocomial infection on-call clinicians must have access to decontaminated endoscopes.

Methods: A telephone survey of 104 ENT units in England replicated previous cycles conducted 10 and 20 years ago.

Breadth and Depth: Three-Dimensional Endoscopic Field of View: Two-Dimensional Versus Three-Dimensional Endoscopic Field of View.

Background: Three-dimensional (3D) endoscopy is an emerging tool in ear-nose-throat (ENT) and skull base surgery with the benefit of providing real-time depth perception. Several investigators have reported that the field of view (FOV) is reduced in 3D endoscopes compared with regular 2-dimensional (2D) endoscopes. Thus, we objectively compared the FOV of 2D and 3D endoscopes.

Three-dimensional endoscopy: The future of nasoendoscopic training.

Objectives/hypothesis: Three-dimensional (3D) endoscopy is an emerging tool in surgery that provides real-time depth perception. Its benefits have been investigated in surgical training, but the current literature lacks significant objective outcome data. We aimed to objectively compare the efficacy of two-dimensional (2D) versus 3D high-definition endoscopes in novice users.