The surgery, which treated an eye socket fracture, used a 3D-printed model to reconstruct the shape of the floor of the patient’s eye socket, the report said. During the operation, one physician wore Microsoft HoloLens AR glasses, which let them place the 3D model over the patient’s head as a guide.
The technology helped the surgical team reduce the procedure time to an hour and a half, the report said.
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