A surgeon at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Parkwas able to practice a complex surgery on a woman’s aneurysm using 3D modeling, according to the New York Daily News. Dr. Robert Rhee had a much better sense of what he needed to do during a minimally invasive procedure, navigating the patient’s intestines, after practicing the procedure using a model of her organs, constructed from a CAT scan.
Simulation technology is one of the new frontiers of the medical industry. Like pilots using flight simulators, doctors can hone their skills working through virtual operations on high-tech mannequins or video game-like computer programs.
Maimonides has a half-dozen simulated operation rooms on its third floor, equipped with space-age dummies and monitored by a central control room lined with eight video screens that show simulated surgeries from every angle.
Using an exact digital model of Gelfand’s blood vessels, Rhee practiced the surgery on Gillett’s simulator to confirm the operation would work.
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