Augmented Reality (AR) systems add visual information to the world by using advanced display techniques. The advances in miniaturization and reduced costs make some of these systems feasible for applications in a wide set of fields. We present a potential component of the cyber infrastructure for the operating room of the future; a distributed AR based softwarehardware system that allows real-t...

Augmented Reality technology has the potential to bring the visual advantages of open surgery back to minimally invasive surgery increasing the physician’s visual knowledge with information gathered from patients’ medical images. In this paper is presented a medical Augmented Reality application which is able to guide the surgeon in the operating phase through the visualization of anatomical st...

Iatrogenic ureteric injuries are a well-documented consequence of non-urological abdomino-pelvic surgeries. Colorectal resections for benign inflammatory diseases associated with obliteration the planes. In such situations, identifying and securing ureter during laparoscopy is challenging due to absence tactile feedback. We describe use real-time near-infrared Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescen...

For revision knee surgery with uncontained tibial bone defects, the authors report the containment of compacted morsellized allograft using metal-wire mesh, followed by implantation of a cemented total knee prosthesis. This method is comparable to the "impaction grafting technique" described for revision hip surgery and could be an alternative to metal wedges, augmented components, custom-made ...

Introduction: Improvements in living conditions and progress in medical management have resulted in better quality of life and longer life expectancy. Therefore, the number of older people undergoing surgery is increasing. Frailty is often described as a syndrome in aged patients where there is augmented vulnerability due to progressive loss of functional reserves. Studies suggest that frailty ...

background activation of stress response during cardiac surgeries such as cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) can increase myocardial oxygen demand and consumption through induced tachycardia and augmented peripheral vascular resistance. these physiologic consequences may lead to increased morbidity and mortality by putting too great a strain on the already compromised organ systems. material and meth...

Background and aim:  Although there have been substantial developments in dental implant therapies, achieving good implant stability (ISQ >60) for implants inserted in augmented sinus sites appears to be challenging in comparison with non-augmented sites due to the high prevalence of bone resorption in posterior regions of maxilla. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the time required to a...

Abstract Intelligence Augmentation Systems (IAS) allow for more efficient and effective corporate processes by means of an explicit collaboration between artificial intelligence human judgment. However, the higher degree system autonomy, along with enrichment capabilities, amplifies pre-existing issues distribution moral responsibility: If IAS has caused harm, firms who have operated might argu...