The world of virtual reality is giving doctors a new pathway to cure patients. In the past, some of these patients had no hope for a safe treatment with traditional surgery. Now, a Northshore ...

The author of this viewpoint article discusses the advantages, disadvantages, current, and future applications for virtual reality simulation in modern surgery.

Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local anesthetic needed for surgery, a new study has found. A team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in ...

— The world of virtual reality is giving doctors a new pathway to cure patients. In the past, some of these patients had no hope for a safe treatment with traditional surgery.

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To do this, surgeons wear augmented reality goggles during surgery. They project 3D computed tomography (CT) and MRI scans that overlay critical information directly onto the surgeon's field of view.

A preoperative virtual reality experience helped to calm anxiety and reduce pulse rate for older patients undergoing cardiac surgery, researchers at Mayo Clinic reported.Perioperative use of ...

Indian doctors are now utilising digital twins, virtual replicas of patients created from medical data, to enhance surgical ...

Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality ...