Phoenix-based Barrow Brain and Spine physicians became the first in the Southwest to use Surgical Theater's Precision Virtual Reality medical visualization platform.
Here are five things to know:
1. Precision VR is designed to help patients visualize and comprehend medical conditions by helping them understand treatment plans and develop a path to a smooth recovery.
2. Surgical Theater combines jet flight simulation technology with the patient's anatomy scans to develop a virtual reality reconstruction of the patient's anatomy and pathology.
3. The imaging also helps surgeons prepare the procedure ahead of time and navigate the surgery in the operating room. The technology is also used for medical education.
4. Barrow Brain and Spine is a physician-owned multispecialty medical group focused on neurosurgery, spine care and pain management.
5. Barrow physicians perform more than 9,500 surgeries and service 22,000-plus patients per year.