OrangeSoul Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 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 three hours a week playing video games made about 37 percent fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27 percent 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 Dr. James "Butch" Rosser, 49, who demonstrated the results of his study Tuesday at Beth Israel Medical Center. Laparoscopic surgery ? using a tiny camera and instruments controlled by joysticks outside the body ? is performed on just about any part of the body, from an appendix to the colon and gall bladder. The minimally intrusive surgery involves making tiny keyhole incisions, inserting a mini-video camera that sends images to an external video screen, with the surgical tools remote-controlled by the surgeon watching the screen. Surgeons can now practice their techniques through video simulations. Rosser said the skill needed for laparoscopic surgery is "like tying your shoelaces with 3-foot-long chopsticks." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...eo_game_surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 nothing beats the gore of video games and then going to work and fixing up gore that is like that in your game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sting3r Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 w00t... Im gonna play ut2k4 15 hours a day now :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 w00t... Im gonna play ut2k4 15 hours a day now :p um thats not the same thing... its coucel games... unless you play UT2k4 with a joystick/gamepad.,.....then go ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted April 7, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 7, 2004 so make sure your surgeon plays video games folks :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 LOL, that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 "Sooo......doc. How long did it take you to finish mario kart?" "Oh about six months. Why?" "Ahhhh! Get this butcher away from me!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKrout Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 "Sooo......doc. How long did it take you to finish mario kart?""Oh about six months. Why?" "Ahhhh! Get this butcher away from me!!!" LOL TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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