Hand size and endoscopy?

[fantastegg]

Any gastroenterologists with small hand size (6.5 or 6) that can comment on some of these studies? Basically, unless a smaller endoscope is available, smaller hand size is associated with longer procedure times and higher risk of injury. I'm not sure whether I should let this deter me from pursuing a field I am otherwise very interested in.

Controller size matters: User proficiency is affected by endoscopic controller size: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.09.048

The perception of gastroenterology fellows towards the relationship between hand size and endoscopic training: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17990110/

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[Elixir6]

I have small hands. It sucks. The ergonomics are bad for any hand size. There used to be a small knob adapter, but it's off the market. But what are you going to do. If that deters you from GI you should not be going into GI anyways

 

[1Cor1557]

I have small hands. It sucks. The ergonomics are bad for any hand size. There used to be a small knob adapter, but it's off the market. But what are you going to do. If that deters you from GI you should not be going into GI anyways

can find it on ebay if lucky, it makes a Big difference, olympus claims next generation scope will have lateral dial ergonomic to make the previous adapter obsolete but we will prob be stuck with 190s for quite some time

 

[1Cor1557]