Resident survey demonstrates greater instrument difficulty among trainees with smaller hand size, highlighting ergonomic challenges in orthopaedic surgery.
Smaller hand size has been shown to affect ease of instrument use and surgeon injury rates in multiple surgical subspecialties. Women have a smaller average hand size and are more often affected by this issue than men. The goal of this resident survey was to investigate whether hand size and gender impact self-reported difficulty with instrument use among orthopaedic surgery residents.
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