The availability of smart pocket-sized camcorders allows surgeons to capture their own videos and provide an economic and more practical alternative to using archaic expensive and large equipment. Currently these equipment and technical issues are becoming less of a concern. Additionally, captured videos were stored on analog VHS tapes before they were converted to digital files then transferred to computers thus creating numerous quality and compatibility issues. Over the past decades, recording a surgical video was considered to be a difficult task that often required hiring professional personnel and the use of large and heavy equipments. For the hand surgeon, video recording and editing offers a good opportunity (especially the junior surgeon) to review critical steps of the surgical procedure and reflect on what he or she could improve the next time. Video footage can help to identify changes of patients’ range of motion before and after surgery and facilitate documentation of patients’ examination over time. In hand surgery, capturing dynamic images has added advantages over standard still photography. ( 1- 3) Video illustrations also facilitate effective physician-to-physician communication, enhance teaching and maximize audience's attention and retention. Video recordings are essential for scientific presentations, research, and patient education.
