Augmented Reality Surgery

For many senior ophthalmologists, including me, the entry of virtual reality, augmented reality, AI and robotics into our lives and practices is intimidating.

It has been nearly 2 years since the first ophthalmology meeting was held in the metaverse.

ROME — In this Healio Video Perspective from the FLORetina-ICOOR meeting, Anat Loewenstein, MD, presents intraoperative OCT, a new feature of the Beyeonics One ophthalmic exoscope.

Use of an augmented reality-assisted pedicle screw navigation system may be a reliable and safe tool for patients undergoing spine surgery, according to published results.

Computer-assisted total joint arthroplasty has become more popular in the 2 decades since its introduction.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, Eric Rosenberg, DO, discusses the benefits that the Beyeonics One ophthalmic augmented reality exoscope offers.

Xironetic has announced the FDA clearance of the IntraOpVSP software, which is an augmented reality visualization software for complex surgeries, according to a press release.

The 2022 Digital Ophthalmic Society meeting was the first ever eye care conference to be held in a space station, or at least that is what it looked like.

Like many of my senior colleagues, I am not well acquainted with the metaverse and cyberspace, much like I was unfamiliar with the power of computers and the internet 5 decades ago when I entered medical training.

When I first heard about people in medicine using the metaverse, I was the biggest skeptic.