Brazilian doctors are using Microsoft’s HoloLens in order to improve spine surgery. In an interview with NextReality, Dr Henrique Lampert, an orthopeadic spine surgeon in Southern Brazil, and his partner Dr Bruno Gobbato have managed to perform surgery with aid from the device. The aim of their project, Lampert explains to NextReality, is to improve the precision of delicate surgical procedures. This is particularly vital in spine surgery since they are required to insert small pedicle screws into the spine.
Mixed reality
The doctors highlight that ideally CT scanning equipment would be used in the operating room, however this is not always an option in some hospitals in their country. Therefore they have turned to HoloLens to help visualize their goal. The mixed reality device enables the surgeon to visualize a 3D model of the spine with the correct placements of the screws in front of them during surgery (as pictured below). Read More …