All the Latest Game Footage and Images from VR TKA Surgery Simulator Get ready to learn all the subtleties of the surgery by practicing it in the applied VR TKA training by Prof. Dr. Ertugrul ...

Traditionally, surgical virtual reality simulators facilitated training in basic skills relevant for laparoscopic surgery by enabling users to perform maneuvers using abstract graphics (low ...

Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality (VR ...

Virtual reality can be extremely useful when it comes to ­training—­for first-time drivers, pilots and even surgeons. The Osso VR software is designed to give doctors a virtual operating ...

The evidence base of VR training’s advantages in medicine is expanding, too – from emergency medicine and surgery to non-technical skills, our doctors, nurses, midwives, HCAs. etc., ...

“Think of the RoSS as a flight simulator for surgeons,” explains Thenkurussi (“Kesh”) Kesavadas, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UB and head of its Virtual Reality Lab.

Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality ...

Virtual reality helped calm patients’ nerves before cardiac surgery. Holistic anxiety reduction may be preferable to perioperative anxiolytic drugs. Future VR experiences may be personalized ...

“A lot of research has been carried out using VR before surgery but not after so this is a very exciting project.” The first patient to test the headset was Kieran Golding, from ...

Conventional minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is per­formed through small incisions in the patient’s skin, pre­serving healthy tissue. The surgeon works with long slender instruments and is separated ...

For many patients, the hours leading up to surgery are filled with anxiety. The unfamiliar hospital environment, the thought ...