Virtual Reality

Augmented reality (AR) has gradually become a substantial part of modern life, and I believe it will certainly be part of how we approach our surgical patients in the future.

A novel virtual reality head-mounted perimetry device showed “excellent” correlation with standard automated perimetry and a high ability to discriminate between healthy and glaucomatous visual fields.

Training with fully immersive virtual reality improved scrub nurses’ understanding, technical skills and efficiency during complex revision total knee arthroplasty, according to presented results.

A new virtual reality training program could help educate the public on how to respond to an opioid overdose, including how to properly use naloxone, according to research published Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Compared with a standard technique guide, virtual reality improved procedural accuracy and completion proportion for orthopedic residents training to insert an intramedullary tibial nail into synthetic bone, according to published results.

An intervention combining cognitive relaxation and distraction strategies through immersive virtual reality technology and slow breathing may help adolescents improve sleep quality, according to research presented at SLEEP 2020.

Osso VR has announced the launch of a virtual reality training tool that allows health care professionals to experience the SuperPath hip technique and Evolution medial-pivot knee system by MicroPort Orthopedics, according to a release.

Virtual reality visual field testing can provide a practical and convenient means of screening for and monitoring glaucoma in settings where standard automated perimetry is limited or unavailable.

Researchers found that evaluating vision impairment in patients with glaucoma through the use of virtual reality simulations correlated with results from the NEI 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire Rasch score.

A combination of auditory and visual cues from a virtual reality avatar could improve outpatient physical therapy movement guidance and technique, according to study results.