Surgery

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22 March 2024

Harrogate surgeon develops personalised videos for post-op patients

It’s a common issue for doctors who regularly do outpatient surgery: patients often forget instructions given just after day surgery.
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Surgeons use AR technology in theatre
2 November 2023

Autonomous training tool delivers in-demand surgical skills with feedback 

Trainee surgeons learning to conduct laparoscopic (or keyhole) surgery will soon be able to complete their training quicker due to
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18 May 2023

AI will drive up standards in surgery and tackle health inequality

New digital technologies can enable surgeons to 'virtually scrub-in' and share knowledge around the world, says Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram.
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27 January 2023

Better data collection could improve patient safety in surgical procedures

A whitepaper from Proximie has highlighted the patient safety issues the NHS is experiencing and how data collection could improve
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Frimley Robot
13 October 2020

Next-generation Versius surgical robots introduced at Frimley Health

Next-generation surgical robots have been introduced at Frimley Health Trust Foundation Trust and have been used in urology and colorectal
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Northwick Park Hospital Reconstructive Surgery
17 December 2019

Surgeons use virtual surgery to reconstruct patient’s jaw

The 12-hour procedure was pre-planned by performing "virtual surgery" on a 3D model, before leg bone was used to recreate
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The Microsoft HoloLens headset using a combination or VR and AR
15 August 2018

Alder Hey surgeons get hands-on with Microsoft’s mixed reality tech

Microsoft HoloLens is being introduced to operating theatres in a bid to make more patient information available to surgeons during
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11 May 2018

St Bartholomew’s Hospital hails ‘new era’ of lung cancer treatment

The new procedure involves using software to create a 3D map of the lung, which guides surgeons as they pass
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13 April 2018

Double robot surgery carried out at The Royal Marsden Hospital

Surgeons Shahnawaz Rasheed and Marielle Nobbenhuis sat on opposite sides of the da Vinci Xi robotic console to perform a hysterectomy on
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The Microsoft HoloLens headset using a combination or VR and AR
12 February 2018

London surgeons using Microsoft mixed reality tech for safer operations

Surgeons in London are using Microsoft HoloLens to look inside patients before they operate on them, in an effort to
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