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Dexterity is one of the core skills of a good surgeon and is even more important for a microsurgeon, such as an ophthalmologist. The authors of the accompanying article[1] used… Click to show full abstract
Dexterity is one of the core skills of a good surgeon and is even more important for a microsurgeon, such as an ophthalmologist. The authors of the accompanying article[1] used a commercially available hi‐tech surgical simulator called EyeSi (VRmagic software version 2.9, Mannheim, Germany) for ophthalmic surgeons to practice capsulorhexis in a virtual reality (VR) environment. Yours truly also had the opportunity to practice on this device at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. In this study, the authors uniquely looked at the improvement in the function of the non‐dominant hand over the course of three trials and found a noticeable difference.
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Year Published: 2022
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