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Tips for southpaw cardiac surgery trainees

2021; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 37; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12055-021-01237-7

0973-7723

Chirag Sumithra Prasannakumar, Seetharama Padebettu Subramanya Bhat,

Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

The right-handed surgeons/mentors face difficulties when it comes to training left-handed cardiac surgical trainees. Those who are left dominant and non-ambidextrous have to devise their own ways to operate safely and expeditiously. These are some suggestions that can help mentors to plan a proper training program for a left-handed trainee and for the trainees to overcome their shortcomings.