More than 20 surgeries have recently been completed by headset-wearing surgeons at UC San Diego Health

As a result, most surgeons report experiencing discomfort while performing minimal-access surgery, a 2022 study found. About one-fifth of surgeons polled said they would consider retiring early because their pain was so frequent and uncomfortable. A good mixed-reality headset, then, might allow a surgeon to look at a patient’s surgical area and, without looking up, virtual screens that show them the laparoscopy camera and a patient’s vitals.

  • @GrimyEnglish
    35•4 hours ago

    “I’m usually turning around and stopping the operation to see a CT scan; looking to see what happened with the endoscopy [another small camera that provides a closer look at organs]; looking at the monitor for the heart rate,” Horgan says.

    Horgan says that wearing headsets during surgeries has improved his effectiveness while lowering his risk of injury.

    Just if it wasn’t clear to anyone else.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•3 hours ago

      Admittedly, I only ever entered an operating room under anesthesia, but could you just, you know, put the displays somewhere else?

      This seems like one of those informercial “problems”.

      • @SPRUNTEnglish
        1•1 hour ago

        “I wanna drink some milk, but it’s so flimmin-flammin hard to open.”

    • @[email protected]English
      13•4 hours ago

      This is the weirdest cyberpunk future.

      On one hand, we have surgeons performing surgery with literal augmented reality,

      On the other hand, if you’re poor you’ll never have an iota of a chance of seeing that doctor.

      • DerinEnglish
        4•1 hour ago

        That latter point doesn’t really apply if you leave America.

      • @breadsmasherEnglish
        13•3 hours ago

        Sounds like an american healthcare problem to me