The difficulty of performing a relatively simple laparoscopic task with paradoxic image display was almost insurmountable. Left-right image inversion was not sufficient to correct the handicap. Inverted mirror-image projection significantly improved performance, which almost reached control levels. The availability of personal image-display devices may, in the future, allow image customization for task performance in suboptimal conditions during endoscopic surgery.
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