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Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro (time.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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As a result, most surgeons report experiencing discomfort while performing minimal-access surgery, a 2022 study found. About one-fifth of surgeons polled said they would consider retiring early because their pain was so frequent and uncomfortable. A good mixed-reality headset, then, might allow a surgeon to look at a patient’s surgical area and, without looking up, virtual screens that show them the laparoscopy camera and a patient’s vitals.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol wut. Surgeons bitch when they're wearing so much as a headlamp. A bulky-ass VR headset will never be a thing in the operating room beyond the odd techy doctor who's in a VR infatuation phase.

The Davinci surgical robot has a VR headset kinda built into it so surgeons can see in 3D when they're doing robotic assisted surgeries, but that's not something they wear : it's a little station they sit at and just lean forward into, no straps or weight or anything.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ergonomically, I’m not sure that’s better. Sure they don’t have weight on them that the headset would add, but being able to freely move your head without holding it against a stationary headset would be quite an improvement.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Surgeons are some of the worst people I've had the displeasure to interact with, and I meet people all over the US for healthcare work. I can't imagine the difficulty people have of teaching a living god a new way of doing their work.

[–] Proposal6114@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

For it to have any chance you'd have to get it introduced in med school and brought with so those gods can demand the hospital cater to their wills.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

/shrug. No insight on the effectiveness of the design; that's just what's in use now.