The uses of smartphones and tablet devices in surgery: A systematic review of the literature

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1352-1371

  Mobasheri, Mohammad H ^a   Johnston, Maximilian ^b   Syed, Usama M ^b   King, Dominic ^b   Darzi, Ara ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TABLET DEVICE; TELEMEDICINE; MICROCOMPUTER; SMARTPHONE; SURGERY;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; SMARTPHONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84944150514     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.029     Document Type: Article

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