Left-handed surgeons: Are they left out?

Current Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 587-591

  Adusumilli, Prasad S ^a   Kell, Christian ^b   Chang, Jae Hyung ^a   Tuorto, Scott ^c   Leitman, I Michael ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance cerebral; Education; Laparoscopy; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 10944270639     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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