Background: Mixed reality devices have made a big
impact on the medical profession by creating a virtual world.
Visual perception methods and 3D Touch can be used in
teaching institutions to import knowledge and help perform
plastic surgery easily.
Methods: This study has been done to evaluate the systematic
scoping review and merits of Aumented Reality
Technology in Plastic Surgery for 3 years in the Department
of Burn and Plastic Surgery in All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Rishikesh using PubMed Ovid and Google Scholar.
This is a review to compare the advent and utility of mixed
reality platforms in plastic surgery in the world by searching
the PubMed database.
Results: The records of 55 articles could be retrieved in
plastic surgery from Pubmed and Ovid database. 26 were
review articles, 10 were on haptic devices, 13 on 3D printing,
15 case reports, and one randomized controlled trial. Haptic
devices are a part of training skills such as bone drilling,
burring, and cutting. Education is enhanced by virtual reality
platforms incorporating learning soft tissue skills with haptic
devices.
Conclusion: Technological advancement in imaging modalities
provides a convenient way of teaching anatomy,
mapping of perforators to design flaps, and perform virtual
osteotomies. Virtual consoles can be designed to teach endoscopic
plastic surgery with 3D scanning.