We read with much interest the article “Gender-differences of proceduralists in perception
of hand-held surgical instrument fit – A cross-sectional survey” by Weinriech et al.
1
We would like to commend the authors on their study of a very important topic, that
of the mismatch between human hand size (using glove size as a proxy) and hand-held
surgical instrument fit. However, the results of this study need to be interpreted
in the context of the following points.- Weinreich H.M.
- Babu M.
- Kamil R.
- Williams Q.
- Buhimschi I.A.
Gender-differences of proceduralists in perception of hand-held surgical instrument
fit–A cross-sectional survey.
Am J Surg. 2022; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.05.011
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Publication history
Published online: August 07, 2022
Accepted:
August 2,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 31,
2022
Received:
July 30,
2022
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