Wii warm-up' good for surgeons

With more hospitals using the robotic Da Vinci system for surgeries, will the WII become a part of the training process? Researchers to present the finding later this month in California. BD

Only certain games are effective - those requiring delicate movements.
The fine hand control required to play these games acts as a warm up and hones scalpel skills the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre team claim.
Now they are designing Wii software that will accurately simulate surgical procedures, New Scientist reports.
They asked eight trainee surgeons to spend an hour playing the games on a console before performing "virtual reality" surgery on a computer system.