A System for Mixed-Reality Holographic Overlays of Real-Time Rendered 3D-Reconstructed Imaging Using a Video Pass-through Head-Mounted Display-A Pathway to Future Navigation in Chest Wall Surgery.

Three-dimensional reconstructions of state-of-the-art high-resolution imaging are progressively being used more for preprocedural assessment in thoracic surgery. It is a promising tool that aims to improve patient-specific treatment planning, for example, for minimally invasive or robotic-assisted lung resections. Increasingly available mixed-reality hardware based on video pass-through technology enables the projection of image data as a hologram onto the patient.

Modified surgical incision suturing technique in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection.

Background: In recent years, single-hole thoracoscopic surgery technology is widely used in major medical centers and chest-specialized hospitals for the treatment of lung diseases. However, the single-hole minimally invasive surgery method focuses on one incision, and all surgical instruments need to pass through the same hole, resulting in repeated extrusion and tissue damage of the surgical incision. Therefore, we have improved the suture method of conventional surgical incision in order to reduce the probability of wound infection and dehiscence, promote early healing, and reduce the severity of postoperative wound scar, thereby enhancing the postoperative rapid recovery of patients.

Collaborative Virtual Reality Real-Time 3D Image Editing for Chest Wall Resections and Reconstruction Planning.

The integration of extended reality (XR) technologies into health care procedures presents transformative opportunities, particularly in surgical processes. This study delves into the utilization of virtual reality (VR) for preoperative planning related to chest wall resections in thoracic surgery. Leveraging the capabilities of 3-dimensional (3D) imaging, real-time visualization, and collaborative VR environments, surgeons gain enhanced anatomical insights and can develop predictive surgical strategies.

[Robotics in thoracic surgery].

The increasing diffusion of the robotic-assisted technique in thoracic surgery (RATS) in Germany was initially delayed in comparison with other countries. Therefore, there is a large potential to implement the volume of the surgical procedures performed by RATS.The RATS-technique has many positive aspects.