Ten years retrospective review of the application of digital medical technology in general surgery in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2017.12.002
- VernacularTitle: 数字医学技术在中国普通外科应用的十年回顾
- Author:
Chihua FANG
1
;
Wan Yee LAU
;
Weiping ZHOU
;
Wei CAI
Author Information
1. First Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Clinical Engineering and Technological Research Center of Digital Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510282, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Imaging, three-dimensional;
General surgery;
Digital medicine;
Three-dimensional printing;
Surgical navigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
2017;55(12):887-890
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Digital medical technology is a powerful tool which has forcefully promoted the development of general surgery in China. In this article, we reviews the application status of three-dimensional visualization and three-dimensional printing technology in general surgery, introduces the development situation of surgical navigation guided by optical and electromagnetic technology and preliminary attempt to combined with mixed reality applied to complicated hepatectomy, looks ahead the development direction of digital medicine in the era of artificial intelligence and big data on behalf of surgical robot and radiomics. Surgeons should proactively master these advanced techniques and accelerate the innovative development of general surgery in China.
