Surgery games and other online resources are now considered teaching aids for prospective surgeons.  The present breed of surgeons can look back and view Nintendo and PlayStation games as a contributor to their successful laparoscopic surgery.  It has been found that surgeons who played video games at least three hours a week performed better and faster laparoscopic surgery and made fewer mistakes than their counterparts who spent all their days reading and studying.
 
Modern surgery requires the hand-eye coordination needed in playing video games.  Laparoscopic surgery is compared to surgery games, with the use of a tiny camera to view the part of the body and doing the treatment viewing the monitor.