UCT surgeons use holographic helmet to perform shoulder replacement surgery
5 March 2021 6:12 PM
Shoulder and Elbow Unit head at Groote Schuur, Stephen Roche explains the groundbreaking procedure.
UCT News reports that a team at Groote Schuur Hospital led by Professor Stephen Roche used a Microsoft HoloLens2 â a holographic helmet - to perform a mixed reality shoulder replacement surgery.
John Maytnam speaks to Professor Roche about the groundbreaking procedure.
Roche says he s leaning towards a shoulder and elbow speciality was a result of enduring his own sports injuries.
He explains some of these amazing new techniques and developments.
We were actually loading the patient s 3D images of the planned surgery onto the lens so we can manipulate that image of the patient s anatomy in real-time while we are operating.