Surgical smartphone applications across different platforms: Their evolution, uses, and users

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-440

  Kulendran, Myutan ^a   Lim, Marcus ^b   Laws, Georgia ^a   Chow, Andre ^a   Nehme, Jean ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast surgery; colorectal surgery; neurosurgery; orthopedic surgery; simulation; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; UTILIZATION;

CELL PHONES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UROLOGY;

EID: 84906100676     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350614525670     Document Type: Article

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