Application of Virtual Reality Systems in Bone Trauma Procedures

: Bone fractures contribute significantly to the global disease and disability burden and are associated with a high and escalating incidence and tremendous economic consequences. The increasingly challenging climate of orthopaedic training and practice re-echoes the established potential of leverag...

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Published in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Lithuania), 2023-03, Vol.59 (3), p.562
Main Authors: Ugwoke, Chiedozie Kenneth, Albano, Domenico, Umek, Nejc, Dumić-Čule, Ivo, Snoj, Žiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthritis
Augmented reality
bone trauma
Computer Simulation
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
fracture
Fracture Fixation
Fractures
Humans
orthopaedics
Orthopedics
Orthopedics - education
Osteoarthritis
Pandemics
Patient safety
preoperative planning
Review
Simulation
Software
Surgery
Surgery, Experimental
Surgical research
Technology application
Traffic accidents & safety
Trauma
User-Computer Interface
Virtual Reality
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Summary:: Bone fractures contribute significantly to the global disease and disability burden and are associated with a high and escalating incidence and tremendous economic consequences. The increasingly challenging climate of orthopaedic training and practice re-echoes the established potential of leveraging computer-based reality technologies to support patient-specific simulations for procedural teaching and surgical precision. Unfortunately, despite the recognised potential of virtual reality technologies in orthopaedic surgery, its adoption and integration, particularly in fracture procedures, have lagged behind other surgical specialities. We aimed to review the available virtual reality systems adapted for orthopaedic trauma procedures. : We performed an extensive literature search in Medline (PubMed), Science Direct, SpringerLink, and Google Scholar and presented a narrative synthesis of the state of the art on virtual reality systems for bone trauma procedures. : We categorised existing simulation modalities into those for fracture fixation techniques, drilling procedures, and prosthetic design and implantation and described the important technical features, as well as their clinical validity and applications. : Over the past decade, an increasing number of high- and low-fidelity virtual reality systems for bone trauma procedures have been introduced, demonstrating important benefits with regard to improving procedural teaching and learning, preoperative planning and rehearsal, intraoperative precision and efficiency, and postoperative outcomes. However, further technical developments in line with industry benchmarks and metrics are needed in addition to more standardised and rigorous clinical validation.
ISSN:1648-9144
1010-660X
1648-9144
DOI:10.3390/medicina59030562