Mixed reality in primary retroperitoneal tumour surgery: Evaluation of preoperative and intraoperative application value

Xiaoqiang Shi; Hainan Guo; Chao Zhu; Guanglin Qiu; Ting Liang; Jie Lian; Yanfei Ma; Shufeng Wang; Xuqi Li

doi:10.1002/rcs.2584

Mixed reality in primary retroperitoneal tumour surgery: Evaluation of preoperative and intraoperative application value

Int J Med Robot. 2023 Oct 4:e2584. doi: 10.1002/rcs.2584. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Xiaoqiang Shi¹, Hainan Guo¹, Chao Zhu^{1

2}, Guanglin Qiu¹, Ting Liang^{3

4}, Jie Lian⁵, Yanfei Ma^{1

6}, Shufeng Wang¹, Xuqi Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
² Department of General Surgery, The People's Hospital of Suide County, Suide, Shaanxi, China.
³ Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
⁵ Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
⁶ Second Department of General Surgery, The Suide Campus, The First Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

PMID: 37792998
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.2584

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and application value of mixed reality technology (MR) in Primary retroperitoneal tumour (PRT) surgery.

Methods: From 276 patients who underwent PRT resection at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, we screened 46 patients who underwent MR-assisted retroperitoneal tumour resection and 46 patients who underwent tumour resection without MR assistance. The intraoperative and postoperative recovery of the patients in both groups were compared, and the reliability and validity of the application of MR were further examined using the Likert scale.

Results: There was a significant difference in the mean intraoperative bleeding volume between the two groups, but it was reduced in the MR group. The results of the Likert scale showed higher scores in the MR group than non-MR group.

Conclusions: MR can be used to assist PRT resection and has great potential to improve the rate of complete retroperitoneal tumour resection.

Keywords: intraoperative navigation; mixed reality technology; preoperative evaluation; primary retroperitoneal tumour.

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