MobiHealth News January 19, 2022
Procedures involving the technology – launched in Europe last year – have already taken place at the country’s Armed Forces Hospital.
Oman’s Armed Forces Hospital, also known as Hospital MoD, has become the first in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) to adopt the ClarifEye Augmented Reality (AR) Surgical Navigation by Royal Philips.
The “industry-first solution” – used in spinal surgery – combines imaging and navigation that uses AR into one system. Hospital MoD has already successfully completed surgery on patients using the technology, it confirmed.
“Philips’ new technology enables us to perform less invasive procedures and produce better outcomes for patients with spine conditions,” said Ahmed Al Jahwari, Head of Department for Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery at Hospital MoD....