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| Hybrid operating room | |
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 Hybrid operating room for cardiovascular surgery at Gemelli Hospital in Rome | |
| Specialty | Surgery |
A hybrid operating room is a very advanced surgical theatre that is equipped with advanced medical imaging devices such as fixed C-Arms, X-ray tomography (CT) scanners or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.[1] These imaging devices enable minimally-invasive surgery. Minimally-invasive surgery is intended to be less traumatic for the patient and minimize incisions on the patient and perform surgery procedure through one or several small cuts.[citation needed]
Though imaging has been a standard part of operating rooms for a long time in the form of mobile C-Arms, ultrasound and endoscopy, these minimally-invasive procedures require imaging techniques that can visualize smaller body parts such as thin vessels in the heart muscle and can be facilitated through intraoperative 3D imaging.[1]
- ^ a b Nollert, Georg; Wich, Sabine; Figel, Anne (12 March 2010). "The Cardiovascular Hybrid OR-Clinical & Technical Considerations". CTSnet. Retrieved 27 January 2014.