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‘Augmented Reality Will Change How Surgery is Delivered’

"The surgeon can look down at the patient. Let's say they're doing knee surgery. Overlaid on the patient can be digital content that shows perhaps where the surgical pathway needs to go, the incision needs to go. They can have a virtual screen hanging up wherever the surgeon finds the most comfortable, rather than fixed in the surgical theatre, it's actually a virtual screen."

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