Surgeons meliorate with video games!

Posted March 3, 2022

There is an undoubtable connection between video games and surgeons who perform laparoscopic surgeons.

During laparoscopic surgerys, surgeons must use their equipment through a small incision while they are monitoring their moves through a screen.

In a research pubished by Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, 33 surgeons participated, out of which 9 used to spent 3 hours per week playing video games. All the people who participated in the research answered a questionaire that would give researchers information about their work experience, their video game experience, more specifically the amount of time they spent playing games,the game genre and their familiarity with some game genres. Furthermore, they were asked about their sex, age and if they were right-handed or left-handed. It was observed the people who played video games had a smaller chance to make a mistake during a surgery whilst they completed the surgery 27% faster.

As a result of the research, video games may be a good way to train surgeons develop eye-hand coordination, depth perception and better optical information assessment and quantity of them. The skills that come ouf of playing video games can help in achieving more surgerys successfully.

I don’t know about you, but i would be a great surgeon!

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