In first, doctors use AR and 3D tech in eye-socket surgery
Surgeons use augmented reality to project three-dimensional imaging of a patient’s skull and medical plate to ensure the real-life one fits perfectly.
In a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors in northern Israel recently used augmented reality and 3D technology to repair a fracture in the floor of the eye socket of a young patient with optimal clinical results.
The 31-year-old patient’s severe injury was causing double vision and impaired the symmetry and aesthetics of his eyes.
Prior to the surgery at the Galilee Medical Center, doctors created a 3D model of the patient’s skull and designed and printed out a titanium plate made according to his CT imaging.
the Jerusalem Post, the first to share the news.
The patient had been seriously injured in his face, resulting in his left eye socket being fractured, which led to double vision as well as impairment of the look and symmetry of his eyes.
The team of doctors used the new method using 3D technology and AR as it resulted in both a particularly accurate execution of the operation and a significant reduction in time, said Srouji.
How the team performed the surgery
Thanks to a computerized tomography (CT) scan, a plate was designed at the Galilee Medical Center to match the patient s eye socket floor. The plate was accurately made thanks to software that built a 3D-printed model of the patient s skull.
Contrary to predictions, cash is increasing alongside digital payments
In early 2020, UAE peer-to-peer mobile payments platform Ziina launched its offering with the hashtag #cashiscancelled. Any given week, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic, the regional press is awash with reports of the e-payments revolution and the rise of the ‘cashless society’.
Yet while the financial technology (fintech), open banking and gig-economy crowd may be declaring the end of cash, cash-in-circulation has been on the rise around the world for several years.
A false binary
In the GCC, the payments industry has long been proclaiming what sociologists describe as a ‘false binary’. Cash and digital payments are presented as alternatives, where the increase in digital payments must be at the expense of cash; and where cash is a thing of the past, digital payments are the future.