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Area of Science:

  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Medical Imaging
  • Virtual Reality Technology

Background:

  • Increasing trauma cases necessitate improved surgical efficiency and accuracy to minimize complications.
  • High failure rates in common fracture operations are often linked to implant-related technical errors.
  • While 3D imaging and VR training are established, integrating patient CT data with implant visualization in VR for surgical planning remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate an affordable virtual reality (VR) system for pre-operative surgical planning in complex orthopaedic trauma.
  • To enable simultaneous visualization of patient-specific 3D CT anatomy and virtual surgical implants within a unified VR environment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized patient CT images obtained during routine clinical care.
  • Upgraded a computer with a high-performance graphics card to run specialized VR software (Medicalholodeck™ MedicalImaging XR™).
  • Acquired a VR gaming headset and obtained virtual implant files under a non-disclosure agreement for integrated visualization.

Main Results:

  • Successfully demonstrated a functional, low-cost VR system for visualizing stereoscopic 3D patient images with orthopaedic surgical implants in the same virtual space.
  • The system allows manipulation of patient-specific 3D models and placement of implants for pre-operative planning of complex trauma.
  • This represents a novel approach to integrated 3D trauma visualization and planning for orthopaedic surgery.

Conclusions:

  • The developed VR system offers a proof-of-concept for enhanced pre-operative surgical planning in orthopaedic trauma.
  • This high-fidelity VR tool has the potential to improve fracture understanding, surgical planning, and execution.
  • Further research will focus on demonstrating the perceived usefulness of this VR system by orthopaedic teams and its impact on surgical outcomes.