Deterioration in colour perception with age might be key

Comment

Andrew J McIrvine. BMJ. 2012.

. 2012 Feb 28:344:e1447.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e1447.

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Influence of experience on performance of individual surgeons in thyroid surgery: prospective cross sectional multicentre study.
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A narrow definition of performance perhaps?
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Who will have the 'guts' to quantify the decline in surgical skills of older surgeons? A commentary on the paper that shows that this occurs in thyroid surgeons.
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