Nintendo Wii Helps Surgeons Hone Motor Skills

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First Posted: 01-18-08 10:47 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:45 AM

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Wall Street Journal:

Don't worry about that guy about to operate on your gallbladder. He trained on the Wii.

According to a very small, very preliminary study, playing certain video games on the Nintendo Wii helps surgical residents to hone their fine motor skills and improve their performance on a serious surgery simulator.

OK, so a simple video game helps these docs with a slightly more complicated one. But bear with us here because the more sophisticated simulator is the sort of thing that's used right now to help doctors do a better job on keyhole surgery using tiny instruments outfitted with video cameras.

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Don't worry about that guy about to operate on your gallbladder. He trained on the Wii. According to a very small, very preliminary study, playing certain video games on the Nintendo Wii helps surgic...
Don't worry about that guy about to operate on your gallbladder. He trained on the Wii. According to a very small, very preliminary study, playing certain video games on the Nintendo Wii helps surgic...
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- johnnyjust I'm a Fan of johnnyjust 6 fans permalink

So would exercise. So would reading. So would experience.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 PM on 01/18/2008
- Tom95134 I'm a Fan of Tom95134 55 fans permalink
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WSJ with old news again. There was a study published over a year ago that showed surgeons that played more than 5 hrs of video games a week had a better rate of success when using "keyhole" surgery.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:25 AM on 01/18/2008
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