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Video games lead to fewer mistakes in the OR, research shows

Published in Health Business Week, April 30th, 2004

All those years on the couch playing Nintendo and PlayStation appear to be paying off for surgeons.

Researchers found that doctors who spent at least 3 hours a week playing video games made about 37% less mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27% faster than their counterparts who did not play video games.

"I use the same hand-eye coordination to play video games as I use for surgery," said James "Butch" Rosser, MD, 49, who demonstrated the results of his study April 6, 2004, at Beth Israel Medical Center.

Laparoscopic surgery, using a tiny camera and instruments controlled by joysticks outside the body, is...

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