How Extended Reality Is Transforming Surgery

That nagging back pain has become too intrusive to ignore. A patient has tried conservative remedies like NSAIDS and cortisone injections with little success. They need surgery. But they’re worried. More than 4,000 preventable mistakes occur in surgery every year, and at least 39 times a week a surgeon leaves foreign objects like towels or sponges inside their patients, according to a still-relevant 2012 study by Johns Hopkins. 1