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22.06.2016 | Letter to Editor
Even Handed Future of Surgery—Ambidextrous, Serious Gamers with Innate Left Hand Laterality
Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Ausgabe 6/2016
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…“And what is good, and what is not good, need we ask anyone to tell us these things.” - Plato [1]Harvey Cushing said, “The physician requires a special combination of head and heart, the surgeon, head, heart and hand” [2]. The hand and the handedness were thus made and have remained a debate in surgical domains. The surgical teachers constantly try to recruit the best and the brightest. At the same time, my generation, i.e., “Generation—Y” looks for a fulfilling, well-balanced social life in coherence with surgical pursuit. A career in surgery remains as attractive as it seems after watching Surgeons idolized in media, literature, and popular shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy” world over. Less than 10 % of the medical students aspiring to be surgeons are left-handed while the majority of surgical programs have dedicated right-handed training structures [3]. The data raises some apprehensions for the left-hander. While even the right-handed students are showing a declining interest in choosing surgery, asking themselves a question, “Can I cut it?” [4], left handedness is seen as a further deterrent. Similar apprehensions have existed for left hander in other professions, but left-handers like Benjamin Franklin have proven their mettle, both in science as well as highest public offices.