Video game skills may give younger surgeons a leg up on more experienced practitioners for laparoscopic procedures, according to a small study.
Surgeons who played video games at least three hours a week in their past were 27% faster, with 37% fewer errors, in simulations of laparoscopic surgery than nonplayers, reported James C. Rosser Jr., M.D., of Beth Israel Medical Center here, and colleagues in the February issue of the journal Archives of Surgery.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Surgery/GeneralSurgery/tb/5089
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Thursday, 8 November 2007
Video Games Hone Laparoscopic Surgery Skills
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Sounds very hilarious to me though some children or even adults who have a fascination for being a doctor may be encouraged to play these.
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