Ukraine performs first surgery using virtual reality

By The Kyiv Post / June 13, 2021

Emergency room doctors in Lviv used virtual reality (VR) to save a 12-year-old girl with a congenital heart defect. It was the first time Ukrainian doctors used VR to perform a surgery, they said on June 9.

Surgeons discovered that the patient’s aorta was narrower than usual, blocking normal blood flow to the body. As a result, her blood pressure was 160/180 mmHg, compared to the normal blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg.

In order to choose the most effective and least traumatic method of treatment, surgeons used VR technology to reconstruct the patient’s aorta and its branches.

Topics: E-health & medical services, News

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