2023-09-25 20:00:01
Augmented Reality is a type of technology that allows a user to visualize part of the real world through a technological device with added graphic information.
This innovation is mainly used in the field of entertainment with mobile applications and video games.
A Mexican neurosurgeon carried out the first spine surgery in Latin America through the use of Augmented Reality glasses.
The list of innovations applied to Medicine is too extensive and every day there are new useful projects. Although they are often exclusive to first world countries, there are also some that reach the rest of the planet. The best example can be seen with the first surgery with Augmented Reality in Latin Americawhich was made by a Mexican.
To begin with, the way operations are carried out has undergone a radical change over the last few decades. It used to be believed that the main tool of surgeons was the scalpel but now this is no longer the case.
Current operating rooms are based on the use of innovative technological equipment that helps enhance the skills of specialists. One of the most notable cases is Da Vinci robot. It stands out for carrying out minimally invasive surgeries and although it has multiple functions, it is used for surgical procedures such as prostatectomies.
It is useful to overcome the limitations of open and laparoscopic surgery because it improves the vision, precision and control of the surgeon’s skills. Although the most important thing is that it is not an autonomous piece of equipment because it requires the work of a highly trained surgeon.
For its part, a term that is heard more and more frequently is Augmented reality. Within the field of entertainment it is common, especially within mobile applications and video games. Broadly speaking, it is a type of technology that allows a user to visualize part of the real world through a technological device with added graphic information.
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One of the titles that has best taken advantage of this innovation is Pokémon Go because it combines the real environment with embedded images. In addition, there are also other video games that offer similar results by using helmets.
This was the first surgery with Augmented Reality in Latin America
Now is the time to talk about a historic operation because it can pave the way for it to become common very soon. It’s about the first surgery with Augmented Reality in Latin America and the person in charge was a Mexican specialist.
The man behind this feat was Dr. Alberto Ramírez Romerowho works as a neurosurgeon in the Hospital Ángeles University of Mexico City.
As part of his training, he graduated from the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), later he specialized in Neurosurgery at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). And then he took the High Specialty in Spine Surgery.
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Through a video he shared his experience at the head of the first surgery with Augmented Reality in Latin America. Everything was possible thanks to the advice of Dr. Wendell Gibbywho is CEO of the medical technology company Novarad.
Through the use of Augmented Reality glasses and specific software, spinal surgery was carried out. It also used QR codes to view images above the patient’s body. In addition, thanks to navigation, the placement of the Jamshidi needle in the patient was achieved.
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In the end, the first surgery with Augmented Reality in Latin America was classified as successful. Now it is expected that this modality will become more and more common due to all the benefits it offers, although always with the supervision of highly qualified specialists.
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