# Realize Medical

> Realize Medical makes Elucis, software for VR and 3D surgical planning, and maintains a vendor-neutral library of published research on VR, AR and 3D surgical planning.

## Research library

A library of 631 studies on VR, AR and 3D surgical planning published since 2017, across all platforms and specialties, vendor-neutral and updated weekly (last updated 2026-10-03). Each entry has a plain summary, the paper's own conclusions with quotes, and links to the DOI, PubMed and free full text where available. Use it to find studies to cite. Please cite the original papers, not this site.

The main page (https://realizemed.com/research/) is about 2.5 MB of HTML. Fetch the question pages, specialty pages or the data files below instead.

### Data downloads

- [studies.json](https://realizemed.com/research/studies.json): all 631 studies with metadata, DOI/PubMed/full-text links, summaries and conclusions
- [studies.csv](https://realizemed.com/research/studies.csv): the same studies as a flat CSV (UTF-8)

### Questions

Each page lists the studies that address the question, with a short evidence summary.

- [Does VR surgical planning reduce operating time?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/operating-time/): 105 studies
- [Is VR planning better than 3D printing?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/vr-vs-3d-printing/): 27 studies
- [How long does it take to segment a CT and build a VR model?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/segmentation-time/): 6 studies
- [How often does VR change the surgical plan?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/plan-change/): 99 studies
- [Does VR surgical planning improve patient outcomes?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/patient-outcomes/): 104 studies
- [How much does VR surgical planning cost?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/cost/): 34 studies
- [Is VR surgical planning reimbursed?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/reimbursement/): 2 studies
- [What is the evidence for HoloLens in surgical planning?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/hololens/): 110 studies
- [Are there randomized trials of VR surgical planning?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/randomized-trials/): 14 studies
- [Are VR measurements as accurate as CT planning software for TAVI?](https://realizemed.com/research/q/tavi-accuracy/): 7 studies

### Specialties

- [Neurosurgery](https://realizemed.com/research/s/neurosurgery/): 112 studies
- [Congenital heart](https://realizemed.com/research/s/congenital-heart/): 87 studies
- [Adult cardiac & structural heart](https://realizemed.com/research/s/adult-cardiac-and-structural-heart/): 60 studies
- [Multi-specialty](https://realizemed.com/research/s/multi-specialty/): 47 studies
- [Urology](https://realizemed.com/research/s/urology/): 47 studies
- [Plastic & reconstructive](https://realizemed.com/research/s/plastic-and-reconstructive/): 36 studies
- [Hepatobiliary & pancreatic (HPB)](https://realizemed.com/research/s/hepatobiliary-and-pancreatic-hpb/): 34 studies
- [Thoracic](https://realizemed.com/research/s/thoracic/): 33 studies
- [Oral & maxillofacial / craniofacial](https://realizemed.com/research/s/oral-and-maxillofacial-craniofacial/): 29 studies
- [Orthopedics](https://realizemed.com/research/s/orthopedics/): 28 studies
- [Spine](https://realizemed.com/research/s/spine/): 26 studies
- [ENT / head & neck](https://realizemed.com/research/s/ent-head-and-neck/): 21 studies
- [General & GI surgery](https://realizemed.com/research/s/general-and-gi-surgery/): 21 studies
- [Dental](https://realizemed.com/research/s/dental/): 10 studies
- [Interventional radiology](https://realizemed.com/research/s/interventional-radiology/): 10 studies

## Company

- [Home](https://realizemed.com/): Realize Medical
- [Elucis](https://realizemed.com/elucis/): the Elucis product page
- [About](https://realizemed.com/about/): the company and team
- [Contact](https://realizemed.com/contact/): get in touch