**8.6 Touch surgery**

The Touch Surgery mobile application is a mobile surgical training platform designed to simulate surgical procedures. As of October 2019, the Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for approximately 200 surgical procedures in 17 different specialties [66].

It is a useful tool for improving both technical skills and knowledge of the steps in the tendon repair procedure; however, its role may be limited to an additional tool as it does not improve theoretical knowledge. The TS has the potential to be implemented in an academic surgical program in low- and middle-income countries [66].
