[The 10 principles of the camera person (or what a surgeon must do so that another one can see what he does)]

Miniinvasive videoendoscopic surgical techniques represent a revolution in all surgical fields and generate deep changes. Many principles of open surgery were put in doubt, some of them been considerate like dogma, the operating setup was changed, some mentalities and beliefs were modified and a new member of the surgical team appeared. This specialty doesn't exist in open surgery and its importance could not be minimized. This new kind of surgeon has particular knowledge and its actions during the laparoscopic procedures are different in opposition to open procedures. The following article refers at laparoscopic procedures but we are sure that exists several common points with others miniivasive techniques and some of this ideas are generally valid.