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JUNE 6, 2019

A Peek at Emerging Surgical Technology

SAGES Session Highlights Some Promising New Tools to Improve Surgical Care

By Karen Blum

Baltimore—A virtual reality tour of a hospital, an online learning system to improve gastrointestinal operations, and an OR “black box” device to analyze aberrations during surgical procedures were among the novel ideas presented during an emerging technology session at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

De-Stressing the Surgical Experience

A virtual reality hospital tour may be a promising tool to reduce the