Role of eXtended Reality use in medical imaging interpretation for pre-surgical planning and intraoperative augmentation.

Purpose: eXtended Reality (XR) technology, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), is a growing field in healthcare. Each modality offers unique benefits and drawbacks for medical education, simulation, and clinical care. We review current studies to understand how XR technology uses medical imaging to enhance surgical diagnostics, planning, and performance.

Metrics for Success in a Surgical Innovation Fellowship.

The nature of a dedicated research time during surgical residency has evolved from a traditional basic science laboratory experience to include translational and outcomes research, investigations in improving surgical education, secondary degrees, and other clinical fellowships as trainees have sought an increasingly wide range of experiences. Moreover, many surgical specialties have seen a burst of innovation with new devices, implants, tools, and software to improve the care of surgical patients and minimize complications. This environment has led to a surge in interest in innovation, often focused on surgical device development.

International Mixed Reality Immersive Experience: Approach via Surgical Grand Rounds.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 created unintended but significant experiential barriers for surgical learners to interact at the bedside for teaching/case presentations. We hypothesized that an international grand rounds using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 extended reality (XR) headset would create an improved bedside-learning experience compared to traditional grand rounds formats.

Study Design: From December 2020 to March 2021, the world's first 2 international mixed reality grand rounds events using the HoloLens 2 headset were held, broadcasting transatlantically (between the University of Michigan and the Imperial College of London) bedside rounding experiences on 5 complex surgical patients to an international audience of 325 faculty, residents, and medical trainees.

Landmark Trials in the Surgical Management of Mesothelioma.

The treatment of mesothelioma has evolved slowly over the last 20 years. While surgery as a standalone treatment has fallen out of favor, the importance of multimodality treatment consisting of combinations of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery have become more common in operable, fit patients. In this review, we discuss trials in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation that have shaped contemporary multimodality treatment of this difficult malignancy, and we touch on the new and emerging immunotherapeutic and targeted agents that may change the future treatment of this disease.

[Traumatic asphyxia with permanent visual loss. Case report].

Traumatic asphyxia is a rare condition that occurs after compressive thoracoabdominal trauma, which is characterized by subconjunctival hemorrhage, cervicofacial cyanosis, edema and petechiae. Serious life-threatening thoracic and abdominal injuries may coexist. After conservatory treatment in most cases complete recovery is achieved, but in isolated cases permanent neurological lesions may occur.