Augmented Reality-Guided ENT Surgery: Enhancing Accuracy with High-Fidelity Anatomy| Chapter 3 | Medical Science: Recent Advances and Applications Vol. 11

 

Augmented reality (AR) is increasingly being adopted in otolaryngology for enhancing anatomical visualisation and guiding complex surgical procedures. This review synthesises current evidence on the role of AR in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgery with an emphasis on high-fidelity anatomy. Published studies demonstrate that AR systems provide sub-millimetric accuracy in intraoperative navigation, reduce operative time, and improve surgeon confidence, particularly in anatomically intricate regions such as the temporal bone, middle ear, and skull base. Advances in optical see-through head-mounted displays, marker-less registration, and multimodal imaging integration have improved reliability and ergonomics in the operating room. Beyond intraoperative use, AR has shown strong potential in surgical education and simulation, offering interactive training modules that outperform conventional teaching methods in skill acquisition and anatomical comprehension. Despite these benefits, challenges remain regarding registration drift, device ergonomics, cost, and the absence of standardised evaluation metrics. Current evidence is largely based on feasibility studies and small clinical series, underscoring the need for large-scale randomised trials. Overall, AR-guided ENT surgery is a rapidly advancing field with significant implications for surgical safety, efficiency, and training, poised to become an integral component of routine clinical practice in the near future.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Shrikrishna B H
Department of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, India.

 

Deepa G
Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, India.

 

Please see the book here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/msraa/v11/6216

A Radical Approach to Healing Tinnitus: Accelerating Light within the Body to Trigger the Self-Healing Mechanism | Chapter 3| Achievements and Challenges of Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 12

Through an understanding of the mechanics of the ear and the impact of the subtle energy system on health and healing, this paper explores an alternative approach that enables clients to eradicate their tinnitus when medical science states there is no known cure. Negative thought processes and unresolved stress or trauma are identified as the primary underlying cause of this debilitating condition. Through a structured programme of practice and an element of counselling, clients were able to stabilise their emotional responses, shift their belief system and enhance cellular light emission to trigger the self-healing mechanism. Five evidential case studies illustrate the efficacy of the healing process.

 

Author (s) Details

 

J. Warters
Living Memory Research Trust, United Kingdom.

 

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Significance of Clinico-Pathological Correlation of Various Ear Masses – A Study at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Gujarat| Chapter 12 | Perspective of Recent Advances in Medical Research Vol. 2

 Introduction:  A good number of cases of attention masses are pinpointed by clinical facts alone, but in a significant number of cases, histopathological equating is needed for correctly diagnosing the condition. Therefore, all types of small crowd in the ear demand incisional or excisional biopsy accompanying histopathological examination.Aims and Objectives: The study was aimed at aware the distribution of attention masses in miscellaneous age groups and different genders and appearance the histo-pathological range of ear masses.Methodology: A study of 50 victims attending the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department was approved, and specimens were calm from them and assign histopathological examination. These crowd were further classified as inflammatory, mild, and malignant lesions, and the repetitiveness of their occurrence in the Saurashtra domain of Gujarat (Western India), their age and sex allocation were observed.Observations: The most average lesions were inflammatory polyps, followed by cholesteatomas and never-ending non-specific inflammations. Squamous container carcinoma was ultimate common type of diseased lesion, trailed by embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma; carcinoid tumour and nevus were recognized on histopathological examination in favorable lesions.Right-side masses were more coarse than left-side public, and males were more overwhelmed than females.Conclusion: Ear masses influence all age groups, but males are troubled more than women. Adolescents and children were more afflicted by benign lesions than men, while the opposite was true for malignant lesions.

Author(s) Details:

Neeru M. Agarwal,
Department of Pathology, M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.

V. C. Popat,
Department of Pathology, M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.

Atul Shrivastav,
Department of Pathology, GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

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