Dutch doctor completes brain surgery using mixed reality technology.

On the 27th, the Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands announced that they had recently performed a brain surgery using mixed reality technology. According to the announcement, neurosurgeons often use navigation systems to determine the position when placing a drainage tube in the brain, but it is not always convenient to check the navigation during the operation. Now, with the help of mixed reality technology, doctors can see a three-dimensional image of the patient's brain through a pair of glasses, helping them more accurately place the drainage tube into the patient's brain ventricle. Neurosurgeon Merten Boote, who performed the surgery, explained that this is similar to using a car navigation system - with conventional methods, you check the route beforehand but can't view it while driving. However, with mixed reality technology, you can see where you are and where you need to go without taking your eyes off the road. It was explained that placing a drainage tube in the brain is necessary for draining excess cerebrospinal fluid in cases such as sudden bleeding, infection, or blockage of normal fluid flow due to injury. Boote mentioned that although this type of surgery is quite mature, about 20% of cases require a repeat surgery due to errors in the puncture location. Mixed reality technology may help improve the accuracy of placement, but further validation is still needed.