Live-feed Surgery
Surgical videos are excellent tools to be used during the pandemic, as
they can walk trainees through the steps of complex surgeries. However,
they do not offer the ability to interact, and often edit the
“struggles” out of the videos. Similar to watching live surgery during
medical conferences, the technology already exists to allow remote
audiences to watch surgery and interact with the surgical team in real
time. Wearing a head-mounted camera, the surgeon can broadcast a
surgical-view of the operative field, and capture live video and audio
to allow for a more interactive experience for the trainee (Silberthau,
Chao, & Newman, 2020).