Mixed augmented reality technology started to be implemented in Turkey. In a brain tumor surgery performed on a 25-year-old patient in Ankara, regions of the brain under the skin, bone and cerebral cortex that cannot be seen with the naked eye were made visible using mixed virtual reality technology, which can be applied in only a few centers in the world. prof. Dr. Şükrü Çağlar said: “The three-dimensional image of the diseased tissue and vessels in the brain was superimposed with the image of the real patient, thanks to special VR glasses. Thus, as a surgeon, he had the chance to see the diseased tissue by walking around in the brain.”
THE TECHNOLOGY USED ALLOWS EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL SURGERY TO BE CONDUCTED
Providing information to the AA correspondent about the new technology they use, Assoc. Dr. İhsan Doğan said that the technology they use enables more effective and successful surgeries to be performed. Doğan said, “Thanks to high technology, we can remove much larger tumors over minimal tissue area in a very short time and very successfully. For one thing, it significantly reduces the hospital stay of the patient. Therefore, it significantly reduces the hospital infections and related complications that may develop due to this. The risks of the surgery. With this augmented reality technology, you can visualize invisible structures under the skin, bone and cerebral cortex. Therefore, by removing a much smaller tissue, we effectively remove almost the entire tumor, as if we can actually see the brain tissue under the bone.” he said.