Aspects of video documentation in pediatric endoscopic surgery

Contemporary endoscopic surgery offers the possibility of documentation in the form of videos. There are multiple aspects to endoscopic surgical video recordings as their utility is not only limited to documentation. Important aspects with regards to video documentation in endoscopic surgery include the ability to replay videos for assessing individual steps of the procedure, self-reflection to improve technique, medico-legal reasons, setting of quality standards, training in endoscopic surgery courses, dissemination of information through presentations or social media and secure video data storage. The aspects of its application in pediatric endoscopic surgery that has never been reported to date, which includes technical variations aspects in patients that are operated, as they present with wide range in ages and body sizes (newborns to adolescents) in this age group and also the limitations in instrument options to perform similar procedures done in adolescents to be replicated in the neonatal age group.