Surgical instrument fit – What’s (hand) size got to do with it?
of hand-held surgical instrument fit – A cross-sectional survey” by Weinriech et al.
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.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
August 2,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 31,
2022
Received:
July 30,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-Proof
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