title: Video Recording With a GoPro in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery.
abstract: Video recordings of surgical procedures are an excellent tool for presentations, analyzing self-performance, illustrating publications, and educating surgeons and patients. Recording the surgeon's perspective with high-resolution video in the operating room or clinic has become readily available and advances in software improve the ease of editing these videos. A GoPro HERO 4 Silver or Black was mounted on a head strap and worn over the surgical scrub cap, above the loupes of the operating surgeon. Five live surgical cases were recorded with the camera. The videos were uploaded to a computer and subsequently edited with iMovie or the GoPro software. The optimal settings for both the Silver and Black editions, when operating room lights are used, were determined to be a narrow view, 1080p, 60 frames per second (fps), spot meter on, protune on with auto white balance, exposure compensation at -0.5, and without a polarizing lens. When the operating room lights were not used, it was determined that the standard settings for a GoPro camera were ideal for positioning and editing (4K, 15 frames per second, spot meter and protune off). The GoPro HERO 4 provides high-quality, the surgeon perspective, and a cost-effective video recording of upper extremity surgical procedures. Challenges include finding the optimal settings for each surgical procedure and the length of recording due to battery life limitations.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI.
authors: Alexander D
authors: AD
authors: Vara
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Wu
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors: Alexander Y
authors: AY
authors: Shin
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI.
authors: Gregory
authors: G
authors: Sobol
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI. Electronic address: wiater6@gmail.com.
authors: Brett
authors: B
authors: Wiater
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000601:surgery*; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
keywords: GoPro; Video recording; action camera; videography