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The use of tablet computers in surgery improves surgical performance, safety, communication, and anatomy teaching.
Tablet computers have diverse and beneficial applications across surgical practice, including intra-operative use, patient consultations, telerounding, and medical education.
May support tablet integration in surgery; leaves open need for prospective RCTs before practice change.
The use of tablet computers in surgery has been increasing due to a number of reasons, such as ahighly portable build, useful clinical software and wireless connectivity. Tablet computers can beused in surgical consultations, operating theatres, post-operative care and surgical education.Current intra-operative uses are mainly in thoracic, orthopaedic and ophthalmic surgery where itwas shown to improve surgical performance and safety. Tablet computers also play a key role insurgical consultation and telerounding via means of videoconferencing. This allows for bettercommunication between doctors and patients and improves care delivery. Furthermore, teleround-ing can facilitate rapid post-operative review by surgeons, which can increase patient turnover,resulting in financial benefits for the hospital. In addition, virtual dissection software on tabletcomputers improves surgical anatomy teaching, reduces the need for cadavers and simplifies theprocess of dissection.
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Kaihan Yao (2013) conducted a review in Surgery. Tablet computers was evaluated. The use of tablet computers in surgery improves surgical performance, safety, communication, and anatomy teaching.
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