Scottish trauma surgeon David Howie is using virtual reality (VR) to fix broken bones with a newly-invented software that is both cheaper and better than what’s on the market.
Basic surgical skill training, complicated operations, and even difficult or uncommon cases can all be covered in VR surgical training.
Howie, with the help of NHS Lanarkshire's IT and University Hospital, Wishaw, took an already-existing VR software called Medicalholodeck and adapted it to be ideal for use in complex bone surgeries.“My daughter and I got a VR headset for Christmas and it was great for gaming and playing Angry Birds and things,” told the"I suddenly thought, hang on, we should be able to view CT scans using this same technology and there must be clever people who have already created the software.
"You can clearly see where the fracture is, what the configuration is, all the other little bits of fragments and it gives you a much better idea of where it is broken. And it really helps us plan how we are going to fix it.”
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