<s>
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
is	O
a	O
London	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
Sydney	O
and	O
Auckland-based	O
health	O
technology	O
app	O
and	O
trading	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
Digital	O
Surgery	O
LTD	O
.	O
Digital	O
Surgery	O
is	O
a	O
health	O
tech	O
company	O
shaping	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
surgery	O
through	O
the	O
convergence	O
of	O
surgical	O
expertise	O
and	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
surgical	O
training	O
platform	O
designed	O
to	O
simulate	O
surgical	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
The	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
included	O
surgical	O
instructions	O
for	O
about	O
200	O
surgical	O
procedures	O
in	O
17	O
different	O
specialties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
app	O
has	O
been	O
validated	O
by	O
over	O
19	O
independent	O
peer-reviewed	O
publications	O
for	O
its	O
innovative	O
approach	O
to	O
training	O
surgeons	O
virtually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Participants	O
naive	O
to	O
Intramedullary	O
femoral	O
nailing	O
and	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
were	O
assessed	O
on	O
an	O
exam	O
paper	O
created	O
to	O
assess	O
their	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
surgical	O
procedure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
medical	O
students	O
were	O
then	O
randomly	O
allocated	O
to	O
use	O
either	O
the	O
text	O
based	O
resources	O
or	O
the	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
study	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
could	O
outperform	O
traditional	O
text-based	O
learning	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
another	O
randomised	O
controlled	O
trial	O
of	O
skills	O
transfer	O
from	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
to	O
laparoscopic	O
cholecystectomy	O
,	O
the	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
app	O
has	O
proved	O
effective	O
for	O
providing	O
cognitive	O
training	O
in	O
laparoscopic	O
cholecystectomies	O
to	O
medical	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
(	O
Digital	O
Surgery	O
)	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
their	O
partnership	O
and	O
their	O
aim	O
to	O
make	O
operations	O
safer	O
by	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Hololens	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
an	O
official	O
Microsoft	O
Mixed	O
Reality	O
Partner	O
and	O
is	O
creating	O
mixed-reality	O
apps	O
and	O
programs	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
HoloLens	I-General_Concept
to	O
help	O
surgeons	O
as	O
they	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
,	O
2019	O
Safe	O
Surgery	O
2020	O
and	O
Digital	O
Surgery	O
have	O
launched	O
their	O
simulation	O
training	O
platform	O
,	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
,	O
in	O
Tanzania	O
to	O
upskill	O
surgical	O
workers	O
in	O
Tanzania	O
and	O
East	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Safe	O
Surgery	O
2020	O
hospitals	O
received	O
in-person	O
and	O
tele-mentoring	O
training	O
and	O
education	O
on	O
the	O
Touch	B-Application
Surgery	I-Application
app	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
practical	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
tablets	O
in	O
each	O
facility	O
for	O
continuous	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
