DIY Surgical Knot-Tying Tool
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منابع مشابه
Visual-spatial ability, learning modality and surgical knot tying.
INTRODUCTION The ability to mentally rotate an object in 3 dimensions has been shown with an individual's score on the Vandenberg and Kuse Mental Rotations Test. The was to determine whether this Mental Rotations Test could be used to predict performance complex surgical skill - the tying of a 1-handed surgical reef knot. In addition, we learning a spatially complex surgical skill could be achi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0035-8843,1478-7083
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2009.91.3.268a