Asciak Lisa, Kyeremeh Justicia, Luo Xichun, Kazakidi Asimina, Connolly Patricia, Picard Frederic, O'Neill Kevin, Tsaftaris Sotirios A, Stewart Grant D, Shu Wenmiao
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wolfson Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jan 15;8(1):32. doi: 10.1038/s41746-024-01413-0.
Computer-assisted surgery is becoming essential in modern medicine to accurately plan, guide, and perform surgeries. Similarly, Digital Twin technology is expected to be instrumental in the future of surgery, owing to its capacity to virtually replicate patient-specific interventions whilst providing real-time updates to clinicians. This perspective introduces the term Digital Twin-Assisted Surgery and discusses its potential to improve surgical precision and outcome, along with key challenges for successful clinical translation.
在现代医学中,计算机辅助手术对于精确规划、引导和实施手术正变得至关重要。同样,数字孪生技术因其能够虚拟复制特定患者的干预措施,同时为临床医生提供实时更新,有望在未来的手术中发挥重要作用。本文阐述了数字孪生辅助手术这一术语,并讨论了其提高手术精度和效果的潜力,以及临床成功转化所面临的关键挑战。