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Attentional capacity: an essential aspect of surgeon performance

Anthony G Gallagher1, Richard M Satava, Gerald C OʼSullivan

  • 1School of Medicine University College Cork, Ireland anthonyg.gallagher@btinternet.com University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA Cork Cancer Research Centre, Biosciences Institute University College Cork, Ireland.

Annals of Surgery
|June 5, 2013
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