This is a preview of an article that originally appeared in Becker's Spine Review on May 6, 2025.
Orthopedic surgeon Juan Toribio, MD, and VisAR augmented-reality navigation co-inventor Wendell Gibby, MD, have performed the first-ever immersive 3D spinal surgery using augmented reality guidance with combined silhouette and X-ray registration.
The procedure, successfully performed at Hospital Son Llàtzer in Mallorca, Spain, does not require a CT scanner or a navigation tower, according to a May 6 news release.
The new procedure, using VisAR, can be implemented in hospitals for a much lower cost. VisAR simply includes a headset worn by a surgeon with no computers, towers, monitors or scanners needed.
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