Evaluation of the Use of Intraoperative OCT in Routine Surgery: A Two-year Comparison.

Background: In recent years, an increasing number of surgical microscopes fitted with an OCT module (intraoperative OCT, iOCT) have become available, providing high-resolution images of the surgical site in real time. While a 2018 survey at our hospital showed that iOCT delivered an additional intraoperative benefit in only 2.4% of all operations, considering that the manufacturer had since revised the hardware and software, we conducted a second user evaluation of this technology.

Intraoperative OCT - Real-World User Evaluation in Routine Surgery.

Background: In recent years, great progress has been made in intraoperative imaging using optical coherence tomography (iOCT). There are now several commercially available iOCT systems that allow high-resolution imaging of all structures of the eye without interrupting surgery. This real-time visualisation can provide additional information to conventional surgical microscopy, but is relatively expensive.