Release date: 2015-12-03
In recent years, the development of virtual reality technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. However, due to technical difficulties and high prices, virtual reality technology has not been vigorously developed.
Some medical professions today have used virtual reality technology as a training tool. Based on this technology, they are still not mature, so they are often rejected by the operating room.
However, a recent groundbreaking surgery may herald the beginning of the application of virtual reality technology in cardiac surgery.
Recently, a report published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology introduced the first application of virtual reality and Google Glass technology in the human body.
A team of experts from the Warsaw Society of Cardiology in Poland underwent a long-term right coronary artery occlusion repair. The surgery uses virtual reality technology and Google Glass technology.
This technology, at this stage, can be called "the ultimate frontier of interventional heart disease" because of its unpredictable success rate and difficulties in treating occlusion of the coronary arteries with prior art techniques.
Traditional treatment of coronary artery occlusion is usually treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Use a catheter with a small balloon to insert the lesion into the affected area through the arm or groin. Guided by an X-ray real-time image, the catheter is guided to the lesion area. The surgeon expands the inner diameter of the artery through an inflated balloon. When the balloon is removed, a stent made of stainless steel mesh will permanently keep the blood vessels open.
However, in the chronically occluded coronary arteries, traditional X-ray real-time image guidance is used, and the surgeon's field of vision is very narrow. Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is increasingly being adopted as a non-invasive means to provide guidance to surgeons. However, due to economic and technological factors, the technology has not yet been fully developed.
Recently, a team in Poland used a Google technology and virtual reality technology for surgery on a 49-year-old male patient. This is a wearable virtual reality technology.
Dr. Maksymilian P. Opolski, Chief of the research team, said:
“This case demonstrates that wearable devices are better in planning and guiding interventional CTA data in the cath lab, and wearable devices can improve cardiovascular interventional comfort and provide a basis for medical litigation.â€
The technology was designed by the Center for Mathematical Modeling and Computing at the University of Warsaw, which also features a hands-free speech recognition system and zooming capabilities.
This virtual reality technology can be said to be the first breakthrough in the treatment of coronary artery disease cases in recent years. Any such technology that significantly improves the patient's chances of survival should be well funded and thoroughly researched.
Dr. Maksymilian P.Opolski is optimistic about the future development of this wearable virtual reality technology:
"We believe in the enormous potential of this wearable virtual reality technology, which will have a major impact on the future diagnosis and treatment of coronary interventions in patients with cardiac intervention."
At present, the maturity of virtual reality technology and the cost of CTA inspection limit it to the field of health care. I believe that as technology matures, prices will decrease and eventually become widely used.
Source: Medsci
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