Smartphone use in neurosurgery? APP-solutely!

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 5, Issue Supplement, 2014, Pages

  Zaki, Michael ^a   Drazin, Doniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Apps; iPhone; Mobile; Neurosurgery; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84916225337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.137534     Document Type: Review

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