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Augmented-Reality–Assisted Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
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To the Editor: Augmented reality (AR) is the superimposition of virtual-reality reconstructions onto a real patient’s images, in real time.1 This results in the visualization of internal structures through overlying tissues, providing a virtual transparency vision of surgical anatomy. Augmented reality has been applied to neurosurgery,2-3 which has a relatively fixed space, frames, and bony reference; this facilitates relating virtual and real data, and registering both images to each other. In contrast, the deformation of abdominal organs due to the heartbeat, ventilation, or laparoscopic insufflation has limited the application of AR in general surgery.4-5 We report what we believe is the first use of AR technology for general surgery in humans.
Report of a Case
A 45-year-old man with a 1-cm Conn adenoma in the right adrenal gland underwent laparoscopic right adrenalectomy with AR assistance after providing oral informed consent for the procedure. This patient was chosen because his moderate obesity would likely render . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Jacques Marescaux, MD
jacques.marescaux@ircad.u-strasbg.fr
Francesco Rubino, MD;
Mara Arenas, MD;
Didier Mutter, MD, PhD;
Luc Soler, PhD
IRCAD-EITS (European Institute of Telesurgery)
Louis Pasteur University
Strasbourg, France
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