Mayo Clinic Minute: Mixed actuality gives a exact path throughout shoulder surgical procedure

Holograms and digital actuality (VR) headsets might be a part of an incredible gaming expertise. But do you know that the identical expertise could make for a greater healthcare expertise too?

Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, explains how, for the primary time ever, blended actuality performed a significant function in a latest shoulder surgical procedure he carried out.

Shoulder arthroplasty, or shoulder alternative surgical procedure, is a fancy process the place broken bone is changed by steel and plastic implants. Computer software program helps docs create a surgical plan as to the place these implants ought to be positioned.

That is, till now. Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo is the division chair of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at Mayo Clinic. He just lately carried out the first-ever blended actuality navigated shoulder alternative surgical procedure. Specially designed instruments and goggles create a extremely correct hologram of the joint.

Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo has seen loads of change over his profession. But this can be essentially the most thrilling.
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