My first night on call as a surgical trainee
General SurgeryThe bleep went at 2am. A 68-year-old with peritonism. I remember the corridor feeling longer than usual. What carried me through was a senior who stayed on the phone, talked me thr…
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The bleep went at 2am. A 68-year-old with peritonism. I remember the corridor feeling longer than usual. What carried me through was a senior who stayed on the phone, talked me thr…
Mixed reality holograms of a patient's anatomy, reconstructed from CT, are moving from research benches into theatre suites. This update summarises three platforms now in clinical…
For a long time I didn't have a mentor who looked like me. A chance conversation at a conference changed that. Here's what I learned about seeking out mentors, being one, and why c…
Visual fidelity in VR simulation has leapfrogged haptic feedback, yet haptics is what makes a procedure feel real. A short tour of where force-feedback technology stands, the trade…
Stepping up to perform my first laparoscopic cholecystectomy taught me as much about team communication and self-belief as it did about technique. Here I reflect on the moments tha…
A look at emerging augmented-reality overlay systems that project 3D vascular anatomy onto the surgical field during liver resection. We summarise the latest trial data, discuss li…