Doctors in China have used virtual reality technology and 3D imaging to allow a surgeon to help in an operation taking place thousands of kilometres away, according to a newspaper report.
Doctors performed the surgery on a bone fracture at a hospital in Bortala in the Xinjiang region of northwest China on Monday, the Xinjiang Morning Post reported.
The chief doctor Ye Zhewei was, however, in a hospital in Wuhan in central Hubei province, about 3,700km (2,300 miles) away.
Ye was able to follow the procedure on a virtual reality technology headset and marked on a 3D image instructions for his colleagues to follow.
The scene in the operating theatre during the surgery. Photo: Xinjiang Morning Post
The 59-year-old woman patient, whose full name was not given, told the newspaper: “All the bones, muscle and nerves in my body became a 3D image. The position of the fracture became obvious and it also helped me to understand my condition.”
