Refining Hololens: Mixed Reality in the O.R. Plastic Surgery Hot Topics with Rod J. Rohrich, MD

By projecting 3D holograms on the visual field, Microsoft’s HoloLens has been helping plastic surgeons in the operating room. However, the software made it difficult to get the hologram to line up precisely with the patient.

In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," explains the authors’ proposed HoloLens ‘fix’ to improve its use in plastic surgery.

Read the February 2019 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Effective Application of the Mixed Reality Device HoloLens: Simple Manual Alignment of the Surgical Field with Holograms" by Mitsuno, Ueda, Hirota, and Ogino.

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