Surgeons Erasmus: revolution through lung cancer surgery with VR glasses | Inland

According to Maat, the anatomy of the lungs is different in almost every patient. The new technique is used when small pieces of tumor have to be removed. “You only remove the sick part, so much more healthy lung tissue remains.”

The surgeon speaks of “an absolute revolution in diagnostics.” “Previously, we had to reconstruct the course of the blood vessels slice by slice in our head to get a little idea of ​​how things look three-dimensional. With the VR glasses I can, as it were, walk through the lung, see exactly where the tumor is. I can now go straight for the target and only isolate and remove the diseased tissue. ”

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